; Whereas Michelle Missy Langer, a 12-year employee in the city of Virginia Beach Public Utilities Department who was known for her beaming smile and passion for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and who had plans to retire soon, was murdered in the shooting; Whereas Richard H. Nettleton, a 28-year employee in the city of Virginia Beach Public Utilities Department who was a selfless leader in regional utility system planning and was a veteran of the Army’s 130th Engineer Brigade, was murdered in the shooting; Whereas Katherine A. Nixon, a 10-year employee in the city of Virginia Beach Public Utilities Department who was known for her intellect and who was a loving wife and mother of 3 children, was murdered in the shooting; Whereas Christopher Kelly Rapp, an 11-month employee in the city of Virginia Beach Public Works Department, who was known for his kindness, his passion for playing the bagpipes, and his devotion to his wife, was murdered in the shooting; Whereas Herbert Bert Snelling, a contractor who had come to the Municipal Center to get a permit and who was celebrating his 38th wedding anniversary, was murdered in the shooting; Whereas Robert Bobby Williams, a 41-year employee in the city of Virginia Beach Public Utilities Department, who was awarded with eight service awards in recognition of his lifetime of devoted work and who was planning on retiring later in the year to spend more time with his family, was murdered in the shooting; Whereas the actions of those city employees who alerted their coworkers to danger and pulled them into shelter saved an unknowable number of lives; Whereas police officers responded within minutes of the first reports of shooting, heroically risking their lives by running into the line of fire; Whereas 1 police officer was shot while confronting the gunman and survived thanks only to his bulletproof vest; Whereas those who were present at or responded to the scene of the shooting encountered a war zone of horrific violence that will be forever seared into their memories