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Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Burn Down a Black Church in Virginia
A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to threatening to burn down a Black church in Virginia. On June 7, 63-year-old John Malcolm Bareswill, a resident of Catawba, N.C., made a threatening phone call to a church located in Virginia Beach, Va., according to NBC News. Only several days earlier, one of the church leaders…
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Virginia Beach Shooter Resigned from His Engineering Job Before Rampage Despite Good Standing
DeWayne Craddock, the 40-year-old engineer who officials say murdered 12 people at the government building where he worked in Virginia Beach, Va., submitted a formal letter of regulation from his post as an engineer for the city, according to the Washington Post. Police arrived at the building within minutes of a call about shots fired…
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Suspect Identified in Virginia Beach Mass Shooting
Virginia Beach, Va., officials identified 40-year-old DeWayne Craddock as the lone gunman who opened fire on a municipal complex Friday afternoon, killing at least 12 people and injuring several others. The Wall Street Journal reports the shooting was in retaliation for being fired from his job with the city. According to the New York Times,…
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Va. Beach’s 1st African-American Firefighter Dead at 66
Virginia Beach, Va.’s first African-American firefighter, retired Master Firefighter Anthony “Tony” Cooke, has died, WAVY reports. The Virginia Beach Fire Department issued a statement Wednesday expressing “much sadness” about Cooke’s passing. “To say that Tony served with distinction during his 25 years with the fire department is an understatement and does not even begin to describe…
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Va. Woman Dies After Being Stabbed by a Wind-Blown Beach Umbrella
A Chester, Va., woman has died of injuries she suffered after being stabbed in the chest by a beach umbrella that was caught up in the wind, WTKR reports. Virginia Beach police responded to emergency calls just after 5 p.m. Wednesday after being notified about a woman in cardiac arrest. The woman, identified as 55-year-old…