A Walmart shooter who pulled out a weapon and killed six people in a store had written a manifesto where he outlined how he was unhappy in his work, it is reported.
Andre Bing, 31, a Walmart manager, fired wildly around a room at a Virginia shop ahead of a routine employee meeting just after 10pm on Tuesday night.
The gunman was an overnight team leader who had been a Walmart employee since 2010. Police said he had one handgun and several magazines of ammunition.
There are now reports emerging that he had a manifesto on his phone that could go some way to explaining the horrific attack.
Law enforcement sources have told WAVY-TV in Virginia that Bing was not happy at a change in “employment status”.
“A source tells @ChrisHorneWAVY that a manifesto has been found on the @Walmart shooter's phone. Manifesto described how he was upset about recent change in employment status. Was being harassed about it by fellow employees,”
journalist Brett Hall.
Police have officially said that they are still trying to piece together a motive.
Briana Tyler, a Walmart employee, has told how the overnight stocking team of 15 to 20 people had just gathered in the break room to go over the morning plan when the attack happened.
She said the meeting was about to start, and one team leader said: "All right guys, we have a light night ahead of us." Then Bing turned around and opened fire on the staff.
All the victims have now been identified with their names revealed except for a 16-year-old boy because of his age.
The five named are Brian Pendleton, 38; Kellie Pyle, 52; Lorenzo Gamble, 43; and Randy Blevins, 70, who were all from Chesapeake; and Tyneka Johnson, 38, of nearby Portsmouth.
More details have emerged about the victims with Ms Pyle remembered as a generous and kind person, a mother who had wedding plans in the near future.
"We love her," said Gwendolyn Bowe Baker Spencer. "She was going to marry my son next year. She was an awesome, kind individual - yes she was."
Mr Pendleton's mother Michelle Johnson said of her son: "He always came to work early so he would be on time for work. He liked his co-workers."
He had recently celebrated his 10-year anniversary working at the store.
Mr Gamble was a custodian on the overnight shift and had worked at Walmart for 15 years, The Washington Post reported.
His parents Linda and Alonzo Gamble said he loved spending time with his two sons.
"He just kept to himself and did his job," Linda Gamble said. "He was the quiet one of the family."
Another victim Mr Blevins was a long-time member of the store's team that set prices and arranged merchandise, The New York Times reported.
Former co-worker Shaundrayia Reese, who said she worked at the store from around 2015 to 2018, spoke fondly of Blevins as "Mr Randy."
She said the overnight crew at the store was "a family" and that employees relied on one another.
A makeshift memorial has also been made in a grassy area outside the Walmart to Ms Johnson, who was also killed, with the words "Our Hearts are with you" and a basket of flowers.
The remembrance included a cluster of blue, white and gold balloons tied to a tree, alongside a stark yellow line of police tape.
