speak to the house january 6th committee, now the justice department wants former vice president mike pence to testify in the investigation of former president trump. will he cooperate? another day, another elon musk controversy. the self-described chief twit, seemingly defending the officer who shot a black teenager. and another upset at the world cup, japan defeating germany. new details about the mass shooting in a chesapeake, virginia. the store s overnight manager firing on employees in a break room, killing six people before taking his own life. this morning we re hearing from people who witnessed the horror. diane gallagher is live for us in chesapeake, virginia with the det details. hello, to you, what do you know? reporter: police are spending this thanksgiving trying to determine why a man that walmart said worked for the company
a great suggestionmism go ahead, jennifer. well, you know, 80% of homicides are perpetrated with guns. at the end of the day guns are the common denominator. there would be no gun violence without guns we see because we see other countries don t have this type of violence. and the way you cut down this violence the data shows is by properly vetting gun owners, requiring training. it s a level of scrutiny that americans are not used to. and it s kind of shocking but we see that other countries have successfully done it because they don t have this every week. you know, in between colorado springs and chesapeake, there were 418 people shot in america. 160 of them fatally. that s every day gun violence. that s a remarkable number and so you re talking basically the last ten days. actually, no, that was the last three days. between colorado springs and chesapeake there were 418 people shot in america, not mass shootings. that s interpersonal violence. when guns are around and
of the five adults gunned down on tuesday in a walmart in chesapeake, virginia. police did not reveal the name of the sixth victim, a 16-year-old because that victim is a minor. investigators are saying that all were co-workers of the gunman. a walmart team lead who turned the gun on himself. now, one survivor described how close she was to getting shot on just her fifth day on the job. slid out from out underneath of the table. i m shaking. and i probably looked like a chihuahua at that point. and he had the gun up to my forehead. and it s just really hard. he told me to go home. and he took the gun away from my forehead and he was aiming it at the ceiling. he said, jessie, go home.
for the third year in a roerk the united states reached a grim milestone. we surpassed 600 mass shootings in america, according to the gun violence archive. that averages out to be more than one shooting per day. and this year could become the second highest for mass shootings since the group began tracking data in 2014. these horrific numbers put in perspective the tragic loss of life caused by gun violence we saw just this week. two mass shootings in three days. last night, a manager opened fire on fellow employees at a walmart in chesapeake, virginia. killing six people, and then himself. just three days earlier, another mass shooter at club q in colorado springs, the only gay club in that christian conservative stronghold, killed five people and injured nearly two dozen more. and the suspect will be held without bond, after appearing in court today, facing murder and hate crime charges.
in prayer. not just from the mass shooting here in chesapeake, but also the one in charlottesville, from not even two weeks ago here. this state reeling from so much violence in such a short amount of time. yeah, that charlottesville shooting at the university of virginia so tragic. thank you for all of your reporting. now the other mass shooting at an lbgtq nightclub in colorado springs, colorado. the severe beating the gunman took from several heroes on the scene. the people who were targeted the colorado springs police posted their logo next to a rainbow ribbon. we re thankful for an amazing community who has come together to love and compassion to so many who are hurting right now, to all of the victims, their families and their friends. we will continue to stand with you today and into the future. cnn national correspondent nick watt joins us from colorado