Walmart supervisor Andre Bing, who shot and killed six employees in the Chesapeake, Virginia store last month before taking his own life, had been probed for his worrisome behavior two years before to the attack.
According to the Wall Street Journal, two additional claims filed against Walmart by surviving employees allege that Bing, 31, consistently exhibited concerning conduct that was not taken seriously enough.
Former and present employees told the paper that regional management visited the store in early 2020 to investigate Bing’s behavior after members of the nightly shift said he was hostile and threatening.
“We were interrogated individually,” ex-employee Amanda Land recalled, describing Bing as “difficult to get along with.”
“He believed that people always spoke ill of him,” she stated.
Uncertain was the outcome of the investigation, but Bing remained employed at Walmart until his suicide.
Bing entered the Virginia store on November 22 just as the night shift began and began his murderous rampage in the store’s break area, killing multiple employees before shooting himself.
Former Nathan Sinclair stated, “Andre did numerous odd things.” Andre was an aggressive individual.
The WSJ stated that Donya Prioleau, 27, filed a formal ethics complaint on September 10 regarding Bing’s inappropriate comments on her attractiveness and age.
In the lawsuit, Prioleau’s attorneys asserted, “Mr. Bing had a reputation for being a nasty supervisor.”
Randy Blevins, Fernando Chavez-Barron, and Lorenzo Gamble were killed by Bing, along with Tyneka Johnson, Brian Pendleton, and Kellie Pyle.
Her lawsuit also claimed that employees believed Bing would retaliate if he was terminated, based on statements he made, such as asking his coworkers if they had active shooter training.
James Kelly, a 24-year-old employee, stated in the second lawsuit that Bing once threatened him by saying, “I don’t care how big you are. I have anything to handle that situation.”
Both lawsuits seek $50,000,000 in damages from Walmart.
Walmart informed the Journal that it is studying the charges and will file a formal court response.
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