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Five of the Walmart shooter’s victim’s identified, youngest who was just 16, remains unnamed – Night shift manager Andre Bing, 31, killed himself after shooting ten of his colleagues, six fatally, with death toll expected to rise

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Andre Bing, 31, a shift manager at Walmart shot and killed six people at his workplace in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night

Police identified five of the six victims as Lorenzo Gamble, 43, Kellie Pyle, 52, Brian Pendleton, 38, Randall Blevins Johnson, 70, all from Chesapeake and and 22-year-old Tyneka Johnson, from Portsmouth

Among the victims was a 16-year-old whose name has not been released because of he is a minor  

Bing’s motive for the killings remains unclear, but the relatives of his victims say he was a ‘nasty’ boss 

Brian Pendleton, one of the six killed, had complained about Bing not giving him weekends off

Others described him as being ‘weird’ and paranoid, and say he always had problems with his staff

Number of deaths likely to increase as the family of Blake Williams, 23, say he is likely to be taken off life support 

Shooter: 31-yearold Andre Bing, [photo], a shift manager with Walmart, Virginia six of them fatally – at the store in Chesapeake, Virginia

The Walmart gunman Andre Bing, 31, killed himself after shooting ten of his colleagues, six of them fatally, at the store in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night. 
Police have identified five of the six victims range in age from 16 to 70, killed during a mass shooting at a Virginia Walmart Tuesday, hours after naming the disgruntled manager who carried out the killing which includes Lorenzo Gamble, 43, Kellie Pyle, 52, Brian Pendleton, 38, Randall Blevins Johnson, 70, all from Chesapeake and and 22-year-old Tyneka Johnson, from Portsmouth. 
The sixth deceased victim was a 16-year-old boy, the city said. His name and photo were withheld due to his age. 

Jessie Wilczewski [left] said Bing held a gun to her forehead then allowed her to go home. Sarah Walker [right], was less fortunate but survived. She was shot five times, according to her family, and is due to undergo a third surgery today

Four people who were shot survived the attack and remain in the hospital today. Among them is Blake Williams, 23, whose family say he is clinging to life. 
His family told The New York Post that they expect they will have to turn his life support off today. 
They added that he wasn’t meant to be in the store on Tuesday night and ordinarily works the day shift, but had traded with a friend. 
‘He never made it home. He wasn’t even supposed to be here. Wrong place, wrong time,’ his cousin, Shannon Cheetham, said. 
Sarah Walker, another survivor, is also in the hospital. 
Her friends and family say she was shot five times and is also in critical condition. 
‘We are all still in shock and devastated,’ her stepfather, Jean Pate Walker, told local outlet WSFA. Walker has already undergone two surgeries and is due for a third today, he said. 

FBI agents executed a search warrant against Andre Bing’s Chesapeake, Virginia home on Tuesday afternoon
The investigators revealed that Andre Bing kept a manifesto, which has not yet been made public. Reportedly, he contained claims that his co-workers were harassing him

FBI agents executed a search warrant against and left with boxes and bags of evidence.
Feds swooped on Bing’s single family home in Chesapeake where he lived alone at around 11pm on Tuesday night, shortly after the mass shooting at his job.
Locals describe seeing the SWAT team use a battering ram to break down the door of the property before scouring it for evidence.
The investigators revealed Thursday that they discovered a manifesto at the shooter’s home, where he complained that his victims were ‘harassing’ him. 

After executing a search of Bing’s home FBI were seen leaving the property with piles of evidence packed in bags and boxes
Flowers and balloons for a makeshift vigil near the scene of the Walmart in Chesapeake. Crime scene tape surrounds the Walmart, which has remained closed since the deadly massacre
Law enforcement work the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Chesapeake, Va. A store employee shot six people dead then killed himself last night in a pre-Thanksgiving rampage 

A neighbor of Brian Pendleton, one of the victims, paid tribute to him as a ‘wonderful man’ – who had clashed with his manager over working night shifts.
The neighbor, named Patrice, said: ‘Brian was a wonderful man, he was always smiling. He loved his job, he was very dedicated. 
‘He did often say he was having issues with a manager at work, who wouldn’t give him the weekends off.
‘Obviously I don’t know if it was the same manager. It’s just awful so close to Thanksgiving. He lost his sister a few months ago so it’s awful. He and his wife split up about three years ago and never had any children.

Police have identified five of the six victims killed during a mass shooting at a Virginia Walmart Tuesday, which includes Brian Pendleton, 38, [left], Kellie Pyle, 52, [center], and 43-year-old Lorenzo Gamble, [right]
Randall Blevins, 70, [left] and Tyneka Johnson, 22, [right] was the first fatality to be identified by her family

The mother of slain staffer Lorenzo Gamble lamented how her son, who worked at the store for 15 years and was set to transfer to another location: ‘My quiet baby Lorenzo is gone,’ the mourning mom wrote in a post to Facebook Wednesday morning.
‘He worked there for 15 years, he was going transfer to Grassfield. Now his sons is loss [sic] without him.’
Brian Baker, boyfriend of Kellie Pyle, shared a heartfelt post remembering his partner. ‘Until we see each other again my angel,’ a caption for the tribute read.
Another victim Brian Pendleton’s worked at the Walmart for nearly 11 years as a custodian and ‘loved his job,’ according to his mother.
‘He was just a hard worker and a good kid,’ she said.

Brian Baker shared a post Wednesday remembering his partner Kellie Pyle, [left], who was killed by Adrian Bing on Wednesday night

The mom went on to describe the horror she and her husband went through Tuesday when they received a phone call from a family friend notifying her that there had been a shooting at the store. They were soon notified that their son has sustain unspecified injuries and was being treated at nearby Norfolk General Hospital, where they quickly drove to see him.
‘We waited, and then the police came out with a nurse and they took us to a side room and that’s when they told us that he didn’t make it,’ an emotional Johnson said, reportedly holding back tears. 
‘I just wondered, was he afraid at that time? I know my son. I didn’t want him to be afraid, and I didn’t want him to hurt.’  

Tyneka Johnson, meanwhile, a 22-year-old worker at the store, was remembered fondly by her family as ‘the nicest person, who never bothered anyone.’ Rashawnda Ruffin, her cousin, hared a tribute to her cousin Wednesday to Facebook

Tyneka Johnson, a 22-year-old who was only in her second moth on the job at the store, was remembered fondly by her family as ‘the nicest person, who never bothered anyone.’
Rashawnda Ruffin, her cousin, wrote in a post to Facebook: ‘Damn couss I’m sorry this happened to you so soon you had so many plans but I guess god had other plans. So this means no more phone calls? No more sending pictures of your tattoos and I pick them out?
‘I’m just lost of words it was nothing but laughs and jokes LONG LIVE TYNEKA.’
It is not clear if the other two victims, 70-year-old Blevins and the teenager were also workers at the store.

Authorities searching a shed at the rear of the property, removing bags full of clothing and water bottles

FBI agents swooped on Bings three-bedroom $300,000 property where he lived alone at around 11pm on Tuesday night, shortly after the mass killing.
Locals describe seeing the SWAT team use a battering ram to break down the door of the property before scouring it for evidence.

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