The Virginia Beach City Council has ordered an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding a recent mass shooting that killed 12 people.

Bereaved families are beginning to hold services and lay to rest the 12 people who were killed during a mass shooting in Virginia Beach.

Officials in Virginia Beach have released the brief resignation letter that was submitted by the man who police say fatally shot 12 people at the municipal building where he worked.

After an extensive gun battle with police the shooter, later identified as a city employee, died after killing 12 victims and injuring multiple others at a municipal building in Virginia Beach.