Background: The United Rentals building in Manassas, Virginia, where the shooting occurred (WUSA/YouTube). Inset: Marvin Grant (Manassas City Police Department).
A Virginia man entered his workplace, warned a co-worker that several people would die and then opened fire, according to law enforcement officials.
Marvin Grant, 37, fatally shot 48-year-old Ricky Lamot and 33-year-old Christopher Serrano, the Manassas City Police Department said. A third person was wounded in the workplace shooting.
Grant arrived Wednesday morning at United Rentals in Manassas, a city roughly 30 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The company describes itself as “the largest equipment rental company in the world,” operating in “49 states and ten Canadian provinces.”
Grant “made a statement to a co-worker that ‘three people are going to die,’” Manassas Police Chief Doug Keen said at a news conference attended by regional CBS affiliate WUSA. “He then produced a handgun and began shooting.”
Police received a report of a shooting at the United Rentals location on Wellington Road at about 7:10 a.m., authorities said. Officers arrived minutes later and found three victims inside the northern Virginia facility.
All three victims were taken to a local hospital. Lamot and Serrano were pronounced dead, while the third victim was listed in stable condition as of Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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By the time officers arrived, Grant had left the area in a silver Toyota Camry. Investigators tracked his phone to Harrisonburg, Virginia, approximately 100 miles southwest of Manassas.
Virginia State Police began searching for Grant at about 8:20 a.m. A trooper later spotted the Camry. Authorities said the vehicle entered a rest area, where troopers attempted to pull it over.
“The suspect exited his vehicle, then returned to his vehicle, and continued driving southbound on Interstate 81,” police said. Troopers continued following him.
Several miles later, Grant stopped on the shoulder of the interstate and got out with a firearm pointed at his head. Authorities, including a crisis negotiator, tried to communicate with him. At about 10:30 a.m., however, Grant reportedly shot himself.
Grant was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities said Grant had been working at United Rentals for a relatively short time. Co-workers were reportedly shocked by the deadly shooting.
Keen said Wednesday that investigators had not determined a motive for the attack.