Virginia Beach Shooting Survivor Says Victim Laid Down His Life To Save Colleagues – NPR

Virginia Beach Shooting Survivor Says Victim Laid Down His Life To Save Colleagues  NPR

When she first heard a woman screaming “active shooter” while dashing down her office hallway, Christi Dewar’s first thought was: It must be a drill. Dewar, 60, of Chesapeake, Va., who has worked in the city of Virginia Beach’s public utility department for nearly 13 years, had been there long enough to know that loud sounds were not necessarily cause for alarm. On Friday afternoon, a workplace renovation was still underway, so when she heard the first blasting pop sounds, she didn’t realize she was in the midst of one of America’s deadliest workplace shootings. “When we heard the first sho…

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