VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Like many who lose a loved one in a mass shooting, Debbie Borato sought justice.
But the legal battle she waged after her sister, Michelle “Missy” Langer, was killed on May 31, 2019, at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center resulted in a strange victory. Borato now owns the home of the disgruntled city employee who killed 12 people before he was fatally shot by police.
In an even stranger turn of events, the two-bedroom Virginia Beach condominium is now center stage in a controversy with potential to be a major embarrassment for law enforcement agencies that investigated the attack.