and to all of you. breaking news overnight. six people dead plus the gun man after a shooting in chesapeake, virginia last night. unclear whether the shooter took his own life or was gunned down by officers. five people at least being treated at nearby hospitals. and joining us, president pro temp and the shooting occurred in her district. still getting details. reporters on the ground. what more can you tell us about the shooting in your district? other than the fact it was a supervidser at the walmart, an investigation is going on and more information coming out at the press conference held at 8:00. i can tell you one thing i am so upset about we have all of these legislators continue to come forward offer prayers, thoughts and prayers but that s not enough. until they, until we as a
they/them pronouns. meanwhile, the heroic army veteran credited with stopping the shooter sits down one-on-one with nbc news. my whole family was in there. who is not going to go save them. i would do what i can to stop somebody from hurting them. that s what i did. we start with the breaking news in virginia and that deadly shooting at a walmart. cal perry is on the scene for us in chesapeake and i m joined by clint watts, former fbi special counsel and national security analyst. we learned a lot more from police this morning including confirmation that the suspect was an employee. they don t have a motive yet. what more are you learning? yeah, look, a senior law enforcement official telling nbc separately from that performance that we heard over an hour ago that this was a disgruntled
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midnight that its agents also are assisting in that investigation. joining us now live from chesapeake nbc s julia jester. julia, what more do we know? reporter: good morning, willie. chesapeake police confirm that six people have been killed, and the suspect is also deceased here at this walmart in chesapeake. we are awaiting an 8:00 a.m. news conference from authorities to hopefully get more details as to what happened. whether this is a targeted attack. whether suspects were employees or customers? hopefully we can get those details soon, but the mayor of chesapeake is coming out this morning with a heartfelt statement about his heart-broken community saying he s devastated by these senseless acts of violence and chesapeake is a tight-knit community and we are
i want to bring you nbc news correspondent cal perry, standing by for us in chesapeake, virginia and retired nypd director and director of the black law enforcement alliance. cal, let me start with you on this one. i mentioned some of the stuff we don t know at this hour. bring us up to date as to what we re learning now. so we know who the shooter is. police have identified the shooter. they raided his house earlier today. they are waiting to announce the name publicly, they have announced it once already, i am not going to repeat it because we have done so once already on air. and what police are looking at are the employment status of those who were killed, specifically were they targeted. i suppose to a witness, who described the gunman going into the break room and killing people and picking and shooting who he was shooting at and she made it out alive and i asked her why did the gunman let you