VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The victims of America's latest mass shooting had been dead for less than a day when police and city officials released a detailed presentation with their names, photos, job titles and the cities or towns in which they lived.
In all, 12 people — 11 of them city employees — were killed by the shooter who opened fire inside a municipal building.
This sprawling city on Virginia's coast is employing an increasingly common public information strategy: Release more details about the victims of mass shootings than of the killers — at least initially — to limit the criminals' exposure and prevent copycat shootings. Lankford has studied the influence of publicity on future shooters and has urged the news media to not name or release photos of the perpetrators.
But there is a limit to how much should be reported, Fox said. Too much about a killer's background can"humanize" him or her and cross the line from news reporting to"celebrity watch.""And we will share our lessons learned," said Cover, the deputy city manager.
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