VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — You may be wondering why flags are flying at half-staff on Friday. The flag order from Youngkin is in remembrance of the deadly mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Thursday that the flag is ordered to be flown at half-staff from Friday at sunrise until sunset.
On May 31, 2019, a Virginia Beach city employee shot and killed 12 people on city grounds. Five other people were hurt, including four city employees who were critically injured and a responding police officer who was shot.
Youngkin said that the flag will be at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds "in memory and respect of the victims of the shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center."