2022 Chesapeake shooting

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = 2022 Chesapeake shooting

| image = Walmart Supercenter - Chesapeake, Virginia.jpg

| caption = The store following the shooting in January, 2023. The store was closed for several months and received a full renovation.

| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=180|type=point|zoom=13|coord={{coord|36.7725|-76.2489}}}}

| map_alt = A map of Chesapeake, Virginia.

| location = 1521 Sam's Circle, Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|36|46|22|N|76|14|56|W|region:US-VA_type:event|display=inline,title|name=Site of shooting}}

| date = {{start date and age|2022|11|22}}

| time-begin = {{circa}} 10:12

| time-end = 10:16 p.m.

| timezone = EST（UTC−05:00）

| target = Coworkers

| type = Mass shooting, murder-suicide, workplace violence, mass murder

| fatalities = 7 (including the perpetrator)

| injuries = 4

| perp = Andre Marcus Bing{{cite news |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-shooting-chesapeake-20221123-flka7rsvdre43dkid6ptjamdsi-story.html |title=Virginia Walmart shooting updates: Sources identify gunman |last1=Burchett |first1=Caitlyn |last2=Munro |first2=Ian |last3=Stone |first3=Gavin |website=The Virginian-Pilot |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=2022-11-23 |access-date=2022-11-23}}{{cite tweet |author=City of Chesapeake |author-link=Chesapeake, Virginia |user=AboutChesapeake |title=We are still communicating with the victims' families and will release their information as soon as possible. We can confirm that the shooter was 31-year-old Andre Bing of Chesapeake. He was armed with one handgun and had multiple magazines on his person. |number=1595483029757214742}}

| motive = Revenge-driven attack against co-worker harassment

| weapon = Taurus 9mm handgun

}}

On November 22, 2022, Andre Marcus Bing killed six co-workers and injured four others before taking his own life, in retaliation for perceived workplace harassment at the Walmart Supercenter where he worked as a night-supervisor in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States.{{Cite web |first1=Brian |last1=Reese |first2=Brett |last2=Hall |first3=Jon |last3=Dowding |first4=Michelle |last4=Wolf |first5=Adrienne |last5=Mayfield |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Chesapeake Walmart shooting: Multiple fatalities, injuries |url=https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/police-respond-to-shooting-at-chesapeake-walmart/ |access-date=November 23, 2022 |website=WAVY-TV |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/us/multiple-people-are-fatally-shot-at-a-walmart-in-virginia.html |title=Multiple People Are Fatally Shot at a Walmart in Virginia |date=November 22, 2022 |last1=Medina |first1=Edurado |first2=Mike |last2=Ives|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 22, 2022}}{{Cite web |last1=Burchett |first1=Caitlyn |last2=Munro |first2=Ian |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Multiple fatalities, injuries reported after shooting in a Chesapeake Walmart |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-shooting-chesapeake-20221123-flka7rsvdre43dkid6ptjamdsi-story.html |access-date=November 22, 2022 |work=The Virginian-Pilot}} Bing's suicide note cited concern he was being "led by Satan" and asking forgiveness – while also mentioning cancer treatments and loneliness.{{Cite news |last1=Finley |first1=Ben |last2=Barakat |first2=Matthew |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Walmart shooter left 'death note,' bought gun day of killing |url=https://apnews.com/article/business-shootings-virginia-b36d3d89e8677cb2ae3d9a1702c3897d |access-date=November 26, 2022 |work=Associated Press |publisher= |language=en |quote= |agency=}}{{Cite web |last=Goldsberry |first=Jenny |date=2022-11-25 |title=Walmart shooting suspect wrote 'death note' before killing spree |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/337936/walmart-shooting-suspect-wrote-death-note-before-killing-spree/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en-US}}

Shooting

Bing purchased the 9 mm handgun on the morning of the shooting, and practiced with shooting targets later found in his vehicle.{{cite web | url=https://www.nbc12.com/2023/03/24/search-warrants-reveal-notes-ammo-found-chesapeake-walmart-shooters-home/ | title=Search warrants reveal notes, ammo found at Chesapeake Walmart shooter's home | date=March 24, 2023 }}

Police responded to reports of a shooting in the store at 10:12 pm.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting/index.html |title=Multiple fatalities and injuries reported in shooting at a Virginia Walmart |date=November 22, 2022 |last=Boyette |first=Chris |work=CNN |access-date=November 22, 2022}} Bing shot a specific co-worker and then went to the breakroom to join an in-progress routine meeting about overnight responsibilities, but Bing interrupted and shot several others without speaking although he may have been laughing,{{Cite web |last1=Reese |first1=Brian |last2=Hall |first2=Brett |last3=Wolf |first3=Michelle |last4=Mayfield |first4=Adrienne |last5=Loper |first5=Craig |last6=Ayo |first6=Julius |date=2022-11-23 |title=6 killed, 4 remain hospitalized after a mass shooting at Chesapeake Walmart, CPD confirms |url=https://www.wavy.com/chesapeake-walmart-mass-shooting/police-respond-to-shooting-at-chesapeake-walmart/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=WAVY.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Finley |first=Ben |date=November 24, 2022 |title=Walmart's overnight staff gathered in a break room to go over the morning plan. Then a team leader pulled out a gun and opened fire |url=https://fortune.com/2022/11/24/walmart-shooting-andre-bing-began-shooting-overnight-team-gathered-in-break-room/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Fortune |language=en}} and then fired at least ten shots walking the aisles.{{Cite web |last1=Elamroussi |first1=Aya |last2=McLaughlin |first2=Eliott C. |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Authorities disclose note found on Walmart shooter's phone |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting-friday/index.html |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=CNN |language=en |quote=The Chesapeake shooting erupted suddenly, with witnesses saying they were in shock and disbelief when they saw the gunman – a 31-year-old overnight team lead who'd worked at the store since 2010 – pointing a handgun at them. He was armed with multiple magazines, police said.}} When he saw a co-worker hired five days earlier, he told her to run home and didn't target her.{{cite web |last=Finley |first=Ben |date=November 24, 2022 |title=Witness: Walmart shooter seemed to target certain people |url=https://apnews.com/article/business-shootings-virginia-holidays-51f60562dd259f73ce19c1b4d2f20ded |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=AP News}}

Bing was targeting specific co-workers, and would continue shooting their prone bodies to ensure they were dead. He was carrying a paper list he'd made of names of employees he was targeting, and a similar list was found in his home.{{Cite web |title=Andre Bing: Chesapeake Walmart shooter was 'hunting for his targets' and ensured they were dead |url=https://www.gadgetany.com/news/andre-bing-chesapeake-walmart-shooter-was-hunting-for-his-targets-and-ensured-they-were-slain/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=GadgetAny |language=en}} Six Walmart employees were killed: Randy Blevins, 70; Fernando Chavez-Barron, 16; Tyneka Johnson, 22; Lorenzo Gamble, 43; Brian Pendleton, 38; and Kellie Pyle, 52.{{Cite web |last1=Maxouris |first1=Christina |last2=de Vogue |first2=Ariane |last3=Miller |first3=John |last4=Yan |first4=Holly |last5=Devine |first5=Curt |date=2022-11-23 |title=6 victims shot and killed in a Virginia Walmart include a 16-year-old boy, authorities say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting/index.html |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2022 |title=These are the victims of the deadly Chesapeake mass shooting |url=https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/chesapeake-walmart-mass-shooting-victims/291-f9c163b2-46f0-45c0-a454-30a0ab9db520 |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=13newsnow.com |language=en-US}}{{cite web |date=November 25, 2022 |title=16-year-old killed in Chesapeake Walmart mass shooting identified by police |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/chesapeake-walmart-mass-shooting-teen-victim-juvenile-fernando-chavez-barron-shooter-death-note-andre-bing-coworkers-break-room-victims-hospitals-vigil-president-biden-gun-violence-semi-automatic-weapons-virginia-gun-laws |access-date=November 25, 2022 |website=WJLA}}{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Jay |date=2022-11-23 |title=Chesapeake Walmart shooting victims range in age from 16 to 70 |url=https://www.wtkr.com/news/chesapeake-walmart-shooting-victims-identified |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=News 3 WTKR Norfolk |language=en}}

It took first responders 35–40 minutes to search the building. Officers discovered multiple victims in the building,{{Cite news |last1=Brandon |first1=Alex |last2=Finley |first2=Ben |date=November 22, 2022 |title='Bodies drop' as Walmart manager kills 6 in Virginia attack |url=https://apnews.com/article/shootings-virginia-b52927596381aa65efed367ce0c81c83 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |work=Associated Press |publisher=}} including one near the entrance. The gunman was among the deceased, due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-23 |title=Gunman goes on deadly shooting rampage at US Walmart |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20221123-gunman-opens-fire-at-us-walmart-causing-multiple-fatalities |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=France 24 |language=en}} The scene was declared safe by law enforcement about an hour after the first reports at 11:20 p.m.{{Cite web |last1=Calia |first1=Mike |last2=Repko |first2=Melissa |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Walmart employee killed 6 people at Virginia store before taking his own life, police say |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/walmart-shooting-suspect-chesapeake-virginia-disgruntled-employee-source.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=CNBC |language=en |quote=The gunman — identified as Andre Bing, 31, of Chesapeake — was a disgruntled employee, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News. He was armed with a pistol and had multiple ammunition magazines on him, officials said.}}

Perpetrator

The gunman was night-shift manager Andre Marcus Bing (May 1, 1991 – November 22, 2022). He was a resident of Chesapeake who previously lived in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach as well as Queens, New York, and San Angelo, Texas. Bing started working with Walmart at the Chesapeake location twelve years earlier.{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Pritha |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Walmart employee who shot around 10 people had a 12-year career with Walmart |url=https://opoyi.com/usa/andre-bing-chesapeake-virginia-walmart-suspect-seen-having-fun-with-colleague-before-shooting-806747/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Opoyi |language=en}} Bing had no criminal record.

Bing's motive was characterized as revenge for perceived bullying by co-workers or a result of his failed romantic pursuits.{{Cite web |last=Dredd |first=Peter |date=2022-11-26 |title=Walmart Shooter Is A Black Incel Who Felt Rejected By Women – Manifesto |url=https://dreddsinfo.com/2022/11/walmart-shooter-is-a-black-incel-who-felt-rejected-by-women-manifesto.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126174236/https://dreddsinfo.com/2022/11/walmart-shooter-is-a-black-incel-who-felt-rejected-by-women-manifesto.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Dreddsworld |language=en-US}} He wrote a short suicide note in which he explained how he had problems with women.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-26 |title=Read The Manifesto Of The Walmart Shooter … He's A BLACK INCEL Who Felt 'Rejected' By Women! |url=https://mediatakeout.com/read-the-manifesto-of-the-walmart-shooter-hes-a-black-incel-who-felt-rejected-by-women/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Media Take Out |language=en-US}} He wrote in his death note: "My true intent was never to murder anyone, believe it or not, I was actually one of the most loving people in the world if you got to know me. I just wanted a wife that was equally yoked as I and obsessed over the thought; however, I didn't deserve a wife." An employee at the store alleged that he was planning on killing other Walmart managers.{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Rebecca |date=24 November 2022 |title=A Chesapeake Walmart employee said the gunman told her to 'go home' after killing workers in the store |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/chesapeake-walmart-employee-gunman-said-go-home-2022-11 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} Walmart employees that had worked with Bing described him as difficult and known to be hostile to others.

Aftermath

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A joint investigation between the Chesapeake Police Department, Virginia State Police and ATF was formed, including an immediate search of Bing's home.

Governor Glenn Youngkin said "our hearts break for the community of Chesapeake...Heinous acts of violence have no place in our communities.". Mayor Rick West also issued a statement the next morning offering his prayers to the families and thanks to the quick actions of first responders.{{cite web |last=Ayo |first=Julius |date=November 23, 2022 |title=State, local officials express heartbreak following the deadly mass shooting at Chesapeake Walmart |url=https://www.wavy.com/chesapeake-walmart-mass-shooting/state-local-officials-express-heartbreak-following-deadly-mass-shooting-at-chesapeake-walmart/ |work=WAVY-TV}} Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) said he was sickened by the shooting. Virginia state senator Louise Lucas of Virginia's 18th Senate district, which includes Chesapeake, said she was "heartbroken that America's latest mass shooting took place in a Walmart in my district". President Joe Biden shared his condolences and called for gun reform in the U.S.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-11-23 |title=Statement from President Biden on the Shooting in Chesapeake, VA |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/23/statement-from-president-biden-on-the-shooting-in-chesapeake-va/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

Survivors filed two $50 million lawsuits against the company via Morgan & Morgan law firm, alleging Walmart neglected safety in light of complaints of Bing's behavior.{{cite web |last1=El-Bawab |first1=Nadine |last2=Barr |first2=Luke |date=November 30, 2022 |title=Walmart employee complained about suspect's behavior months before mass shooting: Lawsuit |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/walmart-employee-complained-suspects-behavior-months-mass-shooting/story?id=94155376 |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Larche |first1=Jessica |title=Second lawsuit filed against Walmart after mass shooting in Chesapeake |url=https://www.wtkr.com/news/second-lawsuit-filed-against-walmart-after-mass-shooting-in-chesapeake |website=News 3 WTKR |access-date=29 December 2022 |language=en |date=6 December 2022}} On February 7, 2024, one of those lawsuits was dismissed.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=$50M lawsuit from Chesapeake Walmart mass shooting dismissed 'with prejudice' |url=https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/chesapeake/50m-lawsuit-from-chesapeake-walmart-mass-shooting-dismissed-with-prejudice |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=News 3 WTKR Norfolk |language=en}} The store was closed until Walmart reopened it five months later on April 19, 2023, with significant changes to its design.{{Cite web |last1=memorial |first1=Store includes outdoor |last2=Nonprofits |first2=Grants Announced to Local |last3=Artist |first3=Mural from Local |title=Remodeled Chesapeake Walmart 'Store of the Future' Reopens to the Community |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/04/19/remodeled-chesapeake-walmart-store-of-the-future-reopens-to-the-community |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=corporate.walmart.com}} There is also a memorial space to honor to victims and provide comfort for the survivors.{{Cite web |last=Varnier |first=Julia |date=2023-04-03 |title=Chesapeake Walmart to reopen nearly 5 months after 6 employees were killed in mass shooting: Official |url=https://www.wtkr.com/news/chesapeake-walmart-to-reopen-nearly-5-months-after-6-employees-were-killed-in-tragic-shooting-official |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=News 3 WTKR Norfolk |language=en}}