VA Walmart Gunman Left Note On Phone; Bought Gun Legally: Officials

CHESAPEAKE, VA — Officials in Chesapeake revealed more details Friday about the Tuesday night shooting at a Virginia Walmart, including a note left by the shooter and Walmart employee who killed six people before turning the gun on himself.

The gun used in the shooting was purchased legally in the morning on the day of the shooting, authorities asid.

Officials released the note 31-year-old Andre Bing left on his phone in full, which was found at the scene.

"Sorry God I've failed you, this was not your fault but my own," the note read, in part. "I was harassed by idiots with low intelligence and a lack of wisdom I remained strong through most of the torment but my dignity was completely taken away beyond repair by my phone getting hacked."

Bing continued: "The associates gave me evil twisted grins, mocked me and celebrated my down fall the last day. That's why they suffer the same fate as me."

Police also confirmed that the suspect used a 9mm handgun that he purchased legally from a local store Tuesday morning. He had no criminal history.

In a news release, Chesapeake officials said Lorenzo Gamble, Brian Pendleton, Kellie Pyle, Randall Blevins, and Tyneka Johnson were killed when Bing opened fire inside the store. A 16-year-old boy was also killed. Because of his age, authorities did not release his name.

Six others were injured in the shooting, according to authorities.

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Bing was the seventh person killed in the shooting and he died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Chesapeake Police Chief Mark Solesky said at a news conference Wednesday morning. Police said he was the only shooter.

According to a report by The Associated Press, Bing was an overnight team leader who had been a Walmart employee since 2010. He was armed with one handgun and had multiple magazines on him, authorities said.

In an interview with The Associated Press, employee Briana Tyler said the overnight stocking team of 15 to 20 people had just gathered in the break room to go over the morning plan. 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.

"He was just shooting all throughout the room. It didn’t matter who he hit. He didn’t say anything. He didn’t look at anybody in any specific type of way," Tyler said.

"It was all happening so fast," she added. "It is by the grace of God that a bullet missed me. I saw the smoke leaving the gun, and I literally watched bodies drop. It was crazy."

The store was open at the time of the shooting and at least 50 people were inside. One woman told CNN her mother texted her from inside the store when shots rang out.

"I had just talked to her about buying turkeys for Thanksgiving, then this text came in," the woman, Joetta Jeffrey, told CNN. She said her mother was uninjured.

Reporting from the scene of a reunification center that had been established at the Chesapeake Conference Center, The Virginian-Pilot described "shrieks that cut through the air" and the brother of a victim wailing and yelling after learning of his loved one's death.

The FBI in Norfolk set up a tip hotline to gather information related to the shooting. Anyone with information should call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

The Walmart shooting is the second mass shooting in less than two weeks in the Commonwealth. On Nov. 13, three University of Virginia football players were shot to death on campus in Charlottesville, and a student is in custody.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.