NORFOLK, Va. — A second employee of the Chesapeake Walmart where six employees were shot and killed last month has sued the company for $50 million in damages, alleging Walmart failed to act after he complained that the shooter harassed and threatened him.
The employee, James Kelly, was hired by Walmart on Aug. 1 as an overnight stocker clerk and worked on the team overseen by the gunman, according to the nine-page lawsuit filed in Chesapeake Circuit Court. Kelly was in the break room during a shift change when the shooting started Nov. 22 and witnessed several of his co-workers being killed. He was able to escape but fell in the process, injuring his right ankle.
The lawsuit, filed Dec. 1, states that Kelly had complained to Walmart that the shooter, Andre Bing, “harassed and badgered” him over the course of his employment there. At some point before the shooting, the shooter told Kelly “I don’t care how big you are. I have something to take care of that,” the lawsuit says. Police said the gunman, an overnight manager for Walmart, shot and killed himself.
