It was not immediately clear why DeWayne Craddock resigned from his post in the city’s Department of Public Utilities where he had worked for 15 years and what he wrote in his resignation email, which was sent to his chain of command Friday morning.
City Manager Dave Hansen said authorities were still working to recover a copy of the email, but Craddock had not been forced to resign. He had not gone to work that day, authorities said.
Investigators were working to reconstruct how he spent his day before he arrived at the government complex around 4 p.m., armed with handguns he has purchased legally and opened fire.
At a press conference on Sunday morning, Hansen said Craddock’s work performance was “satisfactory.”
“He was not terminated and he was not in the process of being terminated,” Hansen said, adding that he did not face any disciplinary measures before giving his notice.
“He was in good standing within his department,” Hansen said. “No issue of discipline ongoing.”