Shooting suspect at Norfolk Virginia Social Security has died, security officer shot recovering
Norfolk Virginia March 7 2021
The person involved in a shooting at the Social Security Administration building in Norfolk has died.
Federal court paperwork says 44-year-old William D. Rankin died Wednesday at a hospital.
According to the authorities, Rankin had been taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries after the shooting. Staff at the hospital pronounced him deceased Wednesday.
Rankin entered the building and began shooting at a security officer who returned fire striking him several times. The security officer was also shot multiple times.
Rankin was charged by federal authorities Feb. 11 with attempted murder of a person assisting an officer or employee of the U.S. government in performance of official duties, possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assault of a person assisting an officer or employee of the U.S. government in performance of official duties, possession of firearms in a federal facility and felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Rankin brought about 600 rounds of ammunition, a 9 mm rifle, three sandwiches and three beers with him in a rifle bag just before he shot the security officer in the lobby area of the building.
The security officer reportedly had to have both hands amputated after Sepsis set in but is expected to make a full recovery.
