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Va. Beach shooting victims remembered

12 slain were veteran city employees

People gather to pray during a vigil in response to a fatal shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday. A longtime city employee opened fire at the building Friday before police shot and killed him, authorities said. - photo by Associated Press

shooting — People gather to pray during a vigil in response to a fatal shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday. A longtime city employee opened fire at the building Friday before police shot and killed him, authorities said. - photo by Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The 12 people who were fatally shot in a Virginia Beach government building were remembered Saturday during a somber news conference and prayer vigil as officials sought to put the focus on those who died and not the gunman.

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