The Chesapeake, Virginia, Walmart manager who killed six of his colleagues this week was “hunting” for specific people, according to a witness of the Tuesday mass shooting.
Jessica Wilczewski said overnight shift leader Andre Bing walked into the break room Tuesday evening and opened fire on his colleagues with a purpose, a differing account from another witness who said the gunman opened fire indiscriminately.
“The way he was acting — he was going hunting,” she said. “The way he was looking at people’s faces and the way he did what he did, he was picking people out.”
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Wilczewski, who had only worked at the store for around five days, said Bing allowed her to leave when he recognized her but fired again at other employees he had already shot and were down.
“What I do know is that he made sure who he wanted dead, was dead,” the employee told the Associated Press. “He went back and shot dead bodies that were already dead. To make sure.”
One other worker and witness to the shooting, Briana Tyler, said Wednesday that Bing “was just shooting all throughout the room. It didn’t matter who he hit.” Authorities said Bing, who had a handgun and multiple magazines, was found dead in the break room from a likely self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Bing, 31, had been an employee with the company since 2010. Local authorities have still not identified a motive for the massacre.
The investigation into the motive for the shooting was ongoing as of Thursday. Two injured victims from the shooting remain in the hospital, one in critical condition and another who is in fair and improving condition.
One former colleague at the store who asked to remain anonymous told the Washington Post Thursday evening that Bing had informed her he had “anger issues.” Another unnamed former colleague alleged he was “overly aggressive” and appeared to lack a social life outside of work.
Additionally, the mother of one of the victims told the outlet that Bing appeared to display negative feelings toward her son and attempted to fire him earlier this year. Some other witnesses described Bing as friendly and never could have imagined he would carry out a shooting against his colleagues.
Authorities released the names of five victims of the shooting on Wednesday.
The name of the sixth victim, a 16-year-old, was withheld due to privacy laws for minors. The other victims were identified as Lorenzo Gamble, Brian Pendleton, Kellie Pyle, Randall Blevins, and Tyneka Johnson, with pictures of each released by the city.
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Outside the store on Thursday, some first responders were still at the site of the shooting while people came to pay respects to the deceased victims. Several balloons and items were placed outside the store to commemorate the workers killed in the shooting.
The Washington Examiner contacted the Chesapeake Police Department.
