Police identify youngest Virginia Walmart shooting victim as 16-year-old boy

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The youngest victim in the mass shooting that killed six at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Virginia, was identified by officials Friday as 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron.Police identified Chavez-Barron following a vigil on Thursday honoring all the victims killed by 31-year-old Andre Bing, an overnight team leader at the Walmart store who had been with the company since 2010.Family, friends and classmates of Chavez-Barron gathered by a tree close to the store's front entrance and recited the prayer Hail Mary on the rosary in his memory, NBC affiliate WAVY of Portsmouth reported.City officials on Wednesday identified five of the victims: Lorenzo Gamble, 43; Brian Pendleton, 38; Kellie Pyle, 52; Randall Blevins, 70; and Tyneka Johnson, 22.A tweet from the City of Chesapeake Saturday said the FBI and Chesapeake Police Department Forensic Unit had completed their crime scene investigation at the Walmart."

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