The 12 people killed in the Virginia Beach shooting included decades-long employees of the city, according to officials.
"They leave a void that we will never be able to fill," City Manager Dave Hansen said. https://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Robert "Bobby" Williams, from Chesapeake, Virginia, worked as a special projects coordinator in Virginia Beach's public utilities department for 41 years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Laquita C. Brown, also from Chesapeake, had been a right-of-way agent in the city's public works department for four and a half years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Tara Welch Gallagher, from Virginia Beach, served as an engineer for six years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Alexander Mikhail Gusev, also from Virginia Beach, worked as a right-of-way agent for nine years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Christopher Kelly Rapp, an engineer from Powhatan, had worked for Virginia Beach's public works department for only 11 months. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Mary Louise Gayle, from Virginia Beach, served as a right-of-way agent for 24 years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Katherine A. Nixon, from Virginia Beach, had worked as an engineer within the public utilities department for a decade. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Richard H. Nettleton, from Norfolk, Virginia, was also an engineer who worked in the department for 28 years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Ryan Keith Cox had been an account clerk for over 12 years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Joshua O. Hardy had been an engineering technician for over four years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Michelle "Missy" Langer worked as an administrative assistant for 12 years. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv
Herbert "Bert" Snelling was a contractor from Virginia Beach who was at the municipal building for a permit. He was the only one among the 12 killed who was not an employee of the city. http://nbcnews.to/2MjHBzv #NBCNewsThreads
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