August 07, 2024

Episode 021: The Chesapeake Virginia Wal Mart Attack

48 minutes

On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, employees at the Wal Mart in Chesapeake Virginia were preparing for their evening shift when gunshots ran out through the store. Sadly, 6 employees, Lorenzo Gamble, Kellie Pyle, Tyneka Johnson, Randall Blevins, Fernado ‘Jesus’ Chavez-Barron, and Brian Pendleton lost their lives in this attack along with the gunman, Andre Bing. It was identified that the gunman, Andre Bing, was a team lead at the Wal Mart.

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Karina Elwood, Laura Vozzella, Clarence Williams, Olivia Diaz, Casey Parks and Maham Javaid, “Families of Chesapeake Walmart shooting victims mourn their losses”, The Washinton Post, Nov 23, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/23/chesapeake-walmart-shooting-victims/, accessed July 19, 2024.

Aya Elamroussi, “Survivors and investigators are spending Thanksgiving questioning the motive behind a mass shooting in a Virginia Walmart that left 6 workers dead”, CNN, Nov 25, 2022, https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting-thursday/index.html, accessed July 20, 2024.

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Awanish Kumar, “Andre Bing: Chesapeake Walmart shooter was 'hunting for his targets' and ensured they were dead”, Gadget Any, Nov 25, 2022, https://www.gadgetany.com/news/andre-bing-chesapeake-walmart-shooter-was-hunting-for-his-targets-and-ensured-they-were-slain/, access July 20, 2024.

Julia Varnier, “Chesapeake Walmart to reopen nearly 5 months after 6 employees were killed in mass shooting: Official”, WTKR News, April 3, 2023, https://www.wtkr.com/news/chesapeake-walmart-to-reopen-nearly-5-months-after-6-employees-were-killed-in-tragic-shooting-official, accessed July 20, 2024.

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