VIRGINIA BEACH
At least six people were injured by a shooter who has been apprehended at the city's Municipal Center on Friday afternoon, police said.
Dale Gauding, a Sentara spokesman, said in an email that five patients went to Virginia Beach General, and one person is being flown to the Level I Trauma Center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Master Police Officer Allen Perry confirmed there was a shooter in the Operations building, which is next door to City Hall.
Virginia Beach shooting
At 4:50 p.m., the Virginia Beach Police Department tweeted that one shooter had been taken into custody and multiple people were injured. Perry said he could not say how many.
"We are asking everyone in the Municipal Center to shelter in place," he said.
The next update from police will come during a press conference between 6:15 p.m. and 6:30 pm. All city employees except for those who are in the Operations building have been allowed to leave the area, Perry said at 6 p.m.
Public Works spokesman Drew Lankford, who works in the Operations building, left the office on Friday afternoon to get a haircut. While he was gone, his daughter called and said there had been a shooter in his work building.
His daughter, who works in the City Hall building, said security told everyone to get under their desks. He rushed back to the office and saw cops taking cover behind parked cars with their guns drawn.
VB shooting
City Councilwoman Barbara Henley had just pulled up to the City Hall building just after 4 p.m. to pick up the agenda as she does every week when she heard sirens and saw police cars.
"I thought it was an accident," Henley said.
As she parked her car in the lot between Building 1 and 2, she noticed city employees standing outside using their cellphones. Someone told her there was a shooting and she should leave. Henley had gotten back in her car when she heard a male voice shout, "Get down!"
