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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

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Andre Bing&comma; 31&comma; a shift manager at Walmart shot and killed six people at his workplace in Chesapeake&comma; Virginia&comma; on Tuesday night<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police identified five of the six victims as Lorenzo Gamble&comma; 43&comma; Kellie Pyle&comma; 52&comma; Brian Pendleton&comma; 38&comma; Randall Blevins Johnson&comma; 70&comma; all from Chesapeake and and 22-year-old Tyneka Johnson&comma; from Portsmouth<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Among the victims was a 16-year-old whose name has not been released because of he is a minor  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Bing&&num;8217&semi;s motive for the killings remains unclear&comma; but the relatives of his victims say he was a &&num;8216&semi;nasty&&num;8217&semi; boss <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Brian Pendleton&comma; one of the six killed&comma; had complained about Bing not giving him weekends off<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Others described him as being &&num;8216&semi;weird&&num;8217&semi; and paranoid&comma; and say he always had problems with his staff<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Number of deaths likely to increase as the family of <strong>Blake Williams&comma; 23&comma; say he is likely to be taken off life support<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Andre-Bing-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423193" width&equals;"708" height&equals;"919"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Shooter&colon; 31-yearold Andre Bing&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; a shift manager with Walmart&comma; Virginia six of them fatally &&num;8211&semi; at the store in Chesapeake&comma; Virginia<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Walmart gunman Andre Bing&comma; 31&comma; killed himself after shooting ten of his colleagues&comma; six of them fatally&comma; at the store in Chesapeake&comma; Virginia&comma; on Tuesday night&period; <br>Police have identified five of the six victims range in age from 16 to 70&comma; killed during a mass shooting at a Virginia Walmart Tuesday&comma; hours after naming the disgruntled manager who carried out the killing which includes Lorenzo Gamble&comma; 43&comma; Kellie Pyle&comma; 52&comma; Brian Pendleton&comma; 38&comma; Randall Blevins Johnson&comma; 70&comma; all from Chesapeake and and 22-year-old Tyneka Johnson&comma; from Portsmouth&period; <br>The sixth deceased victim was a 16-year-old boy&comma; the city said&period; His name and photo were withheld due to his age&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Jessie-Wilczewski-left-and-Sarah-Walker-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423198"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Jessie Wilczewski &lbrack;left&rsqb; said Bing held a gun to her forehead then allowed her to go home&period; Sarah Walker &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; was less fortunate but survived&period; She was shot five times&comma; according to her family&comma; and is due to undergo a third surgery today<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Four people who were shot survived the attack and remain in the hospital today&period; Among them is Blake Williams&comma; 23&comma; whose family say he is clinging to life&period; <br>His family told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;24&sol;virginia-walmart-employee-blake-williams-expected-to-die-from-wounds&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">The New York Post <&sol;a>that they expect they will have to turn his life support off today&period; <br>They added that he wasn&&num;8217&semi;t meant to be in the store on Tuesday night and ordinarily works the day shift&comma; but had traded with a friend&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;He never made it home&period; He wasn’t even supposed to be here&period; Wrong place&comma; wrong time&comma;&&num;8217&semi; his cousin&comma; Shannon Cheetham&comma; said&period; <br>Sarah Walker&comma; another survivor&comma; is also in the hospital&period; <br>Her friends and family say she was shot five times and is also in critical condition&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;We are all still in shock and devastated&comma;&&num;8217&semi; her stepfather&comma; Jean Pate Walker&comma; told local outlet WSFA&period; Walker has already undergone two surgeries and is due for a third today&comma; he said&period; <br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;FBI-raid-Andre-Bings-home-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423229"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>FBI agents executed a search warrant against Andre Bing&&num;8217&semi;s Chesapeake&comma; Virginia home on Tuesday afternoon<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;FBI-raid-Andre-Bings-home-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423231"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>The investigators revealed that Andre Bing kept a manifesto&comma; which has not yet been made public&period; Reportedly&comma; he contained claims that his co-workers were harassing him<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">FBI agents executed a search warrant against and left with boxes and bags of evidence&period;<br>Feds swooped on Bing&&num;8217&semi;s single family home in Chesapeake where he lived alone at around 11pm on Tuesday night&comma; shortly after the mass shooting at his job&period;<br>Locals describe seeing the SWAT team use a battering ram to break down the door of the property before scouring it for evidence&period; <br>The investigators revealed Thursday that they discovered a manifesto at the shooter&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; where he complained that his victims were &&num;8216&semi;harassing&&num;8217&semi; him&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Evidence-collected-from-Andre-Bings-home-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423233"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>After executing a search of Bing&&num;8217&semi;s home FBI were seen leaving the property with piles of evidence packed in bags and boxes<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Memorial-to-victims-at-site-of-Chesapeake-Walmart-shooting-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423200"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong> Flowers and balloons for a makeshift vigil near the scene of the Walmart in Chesapeake&period; Crime scene tape surrounds the Walmart&comma; which has remained closed since the deadly massacre<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Shooting-at-Walmart-in-Chesapeake-Virginia-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423030" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"547"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Law enforcement work the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart&comma; Wednesday&comma; Nov&period; 23&comma; 2022&comma; in Chesapeake&comma; Va&period; A store employee shot six people dead then killed himself last night in a pre-Thanksgiving rampage <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A neighbor of Brian Pendleton&comma; one of the victims&comma; paid tribute to him as a &OpenCurlyQuote;wonderful man’ &&num;8211&semi; who had clashed with his manager over working night shifts&period;<br>The neighbor&comma; named Patrice&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;Brian was a wonderful man&comma; he was always smiling&period; He loved his job&comma; he was very dedicated&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;He did often say he was having issues with a manager at work&comma; who wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t give him the weekends off&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Obviously I don’t know if it was the same manager&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s just awful so close to Thanksgiving&period; He lost his sister a few months ago so it’s awful&period; He and his wife split up about three years ago and never had any children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Brian-Pendleton-left-Kellie-Pyle-center-Lorenzo-Gamble-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423213"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Police have identified five of the six victims killed during a mass shooting at a Virginia Walmart Tuesday&comma; which includes Brian Pendleton&comma; 38&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Kellie Pyle&comma; 52&comma; &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; and 43-year-old Lorenzo Gamble&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Randall-Blevins-left-and-Tyneka-Johnson-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423216"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Randall Blevins&comma; 70&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb; and Tyneka Johnson&comma; 22&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; was the first fatality to be identified by her family<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The mother of slain staffer Lorenzo Gamble lamented how her son&comma; who worked at the store for 15 years and was set to transfer to another location&colon; &&num;8216&semi;My quiet baby Lorenzo is gone&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the mourning mom wrote in a post to Facebook Wednesday morning&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;He worked there for 15 years&comma; he was going transfer to Grassfield&period; Now his sons is loss &lbrack;sic&rsqb; without him&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Brian Baker&comma; boyfriend of Kellie Pyle&comma; shared a heartfelt post remembering his partner&period; &&num;8216&semi;Until we see each other again my angel&comma;&&num;8217&semi; a caption for the tribute read&period;<br>Another victim Brian Pendleton&&num;8217&semi;s worked at the Walmart for nearly 11 years as a custodian and &&num;8216&semi;loved his job&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to his mother&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;He was just a hard worker and a good kid&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Kellie-Pyle-and-boyfriend-Brian-Baker-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423224"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Brian Baker shared a post Wednesday remembering his partner Kellie Pyle&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; who was killed by Adrian Bing on Wednesday night<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">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&period; They were soon notified that their son has sustain unspecified injuries and was being treated at nearby Norfolk General Hospital&comma; where they quickly drove to see him&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;We waited&comma; and then the police came out with a nurse and they took us to a side room and that&&num;8217&semi;s when they told us that he didn&&num;8217&semi;t make it&comma;&&num;8217&semi; an emotional Johnson said&comma; reportedly holding back tears&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I just wondered&comma; was he afraid at that time&quest; I know my son&period; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t want him to be afraid&comma; and I didn&&num;8217&semi;t want him to hurt&period;&&num;8217&semi;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Rashawnda-Ruffins-ode-to-her-cousin-Tyneka-Johnson-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423225" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1155"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Tyneka Johnson&comma; meanwhile&comma; a 22-year-old worker at the store&comma; was remembered fondly by her family as &&num;8216&semi;the nicest person&comma; who never bothered anyone&period;&&num;8217&semi; Rashawnda Ruffin&comma; her cousin&comma; hared a tribute to her cousin Wednesday to Facebook<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Tyneka Johnson&comma; a 22-year-old who was only in her second moth on the job at the store&comma; was remembered fondly by her family as &&num;8216&semi;the nicest person&comma; who never bothered anyone&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Rashawnda Ruffin&comma; her cousin&comma; wrote in a post to Facebook&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Damn couss I’m sorry this happened to you so soon you had so many plans but I guess god had other plans&period; So this means no more phone calls&quest; No more sending pictures of your tattoos and I pick them out&quest;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I’m just lost of words it was nothing but laughs and jokes LONG LIVE TYNEKA&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>It is not clear if the other two victims&comma; 70-year-old Blevins and the teenager were also workers at the store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Cops-searching-a-shed-at-the-rear-of-the-property-where-Adrian-Bing-lived-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423220"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Authorities searching a shed at the rear of the property&comma; removing bags full of clothing and water bottles<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">FBI agents swooped on Bings three-bedroom &dollar;300&comma;000 property where he lived alone at around 11pm on Tuesday night&comma; shortly after the mass killing&period;<br>Locals describe seeing the SWAT team use a battering ram to break down the door of the property before scouring it for evidence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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