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 were going to die and then opened fire, according to law enforcement officials.
Marvin Grant, 37, killed two people—48-year-old Ricky Lamot and 33-year-old Christopher Serrano—and wounded a third victim, the Manassas City Police Department announced.
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.”
Manassas Police Chief Doug Keen said Grant “made a statement to a co-worker that ‘three people are going to die.’” He then pulled out a handgun and began shooting, Keen said during a news conference attended by regional CBS affiliate WUSA.
Police received a call at approximately 7:10 a.m. reporting a shooting at the United Rentals facility on Wellington Road in northern Virginia. Officers arrived minutes later and found three victims.
All three victims were taken to a local hospital. Lamot and Serrano were pronounced dead, while the third victim was listed in stable condition Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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By the time officers arrived, Grant had reportedly fled 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 at a rest area and attempted to stop it.
According to police, Grant got out of the vehicle, returned to it and continued south on Interstate 81. Troopers followed him.
Several miles later, Grant pulled onto the shoulder and exited the vehicle with a firearm pointed at his head. Authorities, including a negotiator, tried to communicate with him, but police said he shot himself at about 10:30 a.m.
Grant was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities said Grant had been working at United Rentals for a relatively short time. His co-workers were reportedly shocked by the violence.
Police had not established a motive for the shooting as of Wednesday, Keen said.
