Virginia Beach to gather at 5/31 Memorial Sunday as the project nears completion

Seven years after the deadly mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, the city will hold a ceremony Sunday at the 5/31 Memorial to honor the 12 victims killed on May 31, 2019.

“This is closure for me,” said Jason Nixon, whose wife, Kate Nixon, was among those killed in the shooting.

Kate Nixon, a city engineer, died after a city employee opened fire inside Building 2 at the municipal complex.

“Kate fought the shooter. Kate made sure that other people could live,” Nixon said…

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