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Scenes From The First Anniversary Of The Virginia Beach Shooting

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People left flowers, photos and items at Building 2 of the Virginia Beach Municipal Center to honor victims of last year's mass shooting. Photo by Sam Turken.

Sunday marked one year since the mass shooting in Virginia Beach killed 12 people, injured four and a police officer.

Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the city moved anniversary events online or encouraged individual activities. 

At Building 2 of the Municipal Center, the city created wreaths. On the day of the anniversary, people paid their respects by leaving more flowers and mementos.

Virginia Beach held a virtual memorial service later that afternoon.

Photo by Sam Turken

Keith Havron (left) and a colleague who declined to give her name worked in Building 2 at the time of the shooting. They put rainbow spinners in front of each memorial. They also had fresh flowers for the memorials of their former co-employees. 

Mechelle is News Director at WHRO. She helped launch the newsroom as a reporter in 2020. She's worked in newspapers and nonprofit news in her career. Mechelle lives in Virginia Beach, where she grew up.

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