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Virginia Beach Gunman Cited 'Personal Reasons' For Quitting Just Before Mass Shooting

His resignation letter does not shed new light on the shooter's possible motive. Officials say it shows the gunman provided sign of the violence to come.

Hours before he walked into his workplace and unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed 12 people, the Virginia Beach gunman wrote his bosses a two-sentence email that said he was quitting for "personal reasons," according to a copy of the letter city officials released on Monday.

"I want to officially put in my (2) weeks' notice," DeWayne Craddock wrote. "It has been a

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