Virginia

The youngest victim in the mass shooting that killed six at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Virginia, was identified by officials Friday as 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron. City officials previously withheld identifying the 16-year-old, who was an employee at the Virginia Walmart, “due to him being a minor.” Police identified Chavez-Barron following a vigil on Thursday honoring all the victims killed by 31-year-old Andre Bing,...

News4’s Susan Hogan spoke with some of the hundreds of Black Friday shoppers who woke up before dawn to shop. She also has advice on how to get the best deals.

“We turned a very negative situation into something really positive.” A Leesburg, Virginia, mother decided to create a colorful, welcoming oasis after messages of hate were scrawled on the sidewalks in their neighborhood. News4’s Molette Green reports.

The mass shooting Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia is only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee. Many companies have active shooter training. But experts say there is much less focus on how to prevent workplace violence. Workers too often don’t know how to recognize warning signs and co-workers. More crucially, they often don’t know...

Family and loved ones are mourning the six people killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. They included Lorenzo Gamble, a 43-year-old custodian who was a father of two. Kellie Pyle was a 52-year-old mother with wedding plans. Michelle Johnson described her late son Brian as a happy-go-lucky guy who loved his family and friends. A...

The shooting occurred just two days before Thanksgiving as customers were doing last-minute shopping during a busy holiday week.

Virginia officials at the local, state and federal level are reacting Wednesday morning to a mass shooting that took place in a Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart late Tuesday night, days before Thanksgiving. Read their statements here.

The Walmart manager who killed six people and injured several more in a mass shooting at a Virginia store has been identified as Andre Bing.

Authorities in Chesapeake confirmed Wednesday morning that the shooting left at least seven people dead, including the shooter.

A disgruntled Walmart employee killed at least six people inside a Virginia store before taking his own life.

One person was found dead at a home that several people rented in Fairfax County, Virginia. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

The Philadelphia driver accused of intentionally striking a 24-year-old Northern Virginia man with a car, leading to the 24-year-old’s death, was arrested on Tuesday.

A 24-year-old man from Northern Virginia died when a driver purposefully hit him outside of a bar in Philadelphia over the weekend, authorities say. Jason Corona, of Fredericksburg, was at The Union Tap in Philadelphia celebrating a loved one’s return from military deployment after midnight Sunday, police said. During the celebration, Philadelphia police said a man made advances at...

A University of Virginia football player who was seriously wounded in a shooting that killed three of his teammates last week has been released from the hospital Monday.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says three University of Virginia football players who were shot on a chartered bus as they returned from a field trip to their campus each died of a gunshot wound to the head. The cause of death for Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler was released Thursday in response to a...

Police awoke Indiana State athletic director Sherard Clinksdale early on Aug. 21 with tragic news. Two of the university’s football players, and another student, had died in a car accident. Clinksdale immediately began devising a plan to console and support the teammates and friends of the deceased teenagers. “There is no playbook for something like this,” Clinksdale said. But those…

News4’s Julie Carey spoke with a resident in the area who heard the crash and ran to help.

The suspect accused of killing three University of Virginia football players made his first court appearance Wednesday. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.

News4’s Julie Carey spoke with a resident in the area who heard the crash and ran to help.

A prosecutor says a witness told police the University of Virginia student suspected of opening fire on fellow students as they returned by bus from a field trip targeted specific victims. The prosecutor gave a brief accounting of what police say happened Sunday night during the suspect’s first court appearance Wednesday. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. was ordered held without bond....