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US mass shooting survivor files $50m lawsuit against Walmart

The lawsuit says Walmart employee Andre Bing, accused of opening fire in a deadly rampage at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia, last week, 'had a personal vendetta' against several co-workers [File: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo]

A survivor of the deadly mass shooting at a Walmart store in the US state of Virginia last week has sued the company, alleging that she and other employees warned Walmart management about the attacker but that nothing was done.

Donya Prioleau, who filed the $50m lawsuit on Tuesday in a Virginia state court, said she worked as an overnight stocker with Andre Bing, the man accused of killing six co-workers on November 22 after opening fire in a Walmart breakroom in Chesapeake before killing himself.

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