Two fathers killed in a Manassas workplace shooting have been remembered by relatives, friends and youth football players as a Virginia community mourns the deaths of Richard “Ricky” Lamot, 48, and Christopher Serrano, 33.
The men were shot at a United Rentals facility on Wellington Road shortly after 7am on Wednesday, 30 September. A third employee was wounded and remains in hospital in a stable condition. ([fox5dc.com](https://www.fox5dc.com/news/northern-virginia-community-grieves-fathers-killed-manassas-workplace-shooting))
Police said the alleged gunman, 37-year-old United Rentals employee Marvin Grant, arrived at work and told a colleague that “three people are going to die” before producing a handgun and opening fire.
Grant fled in a silver Toyota Camry, but detectives tracked his mobile phone to the Harrisonburg area. Virginia State Police later located the vehicle on Interstate 81 in Augusta County, where a pursuit began after Grant failed to stop.
He eventually pulled over and got out of the car with a firearm pointed at his head. A tactical team and negotiator were sent to the scene, but Grant shot himself and was later pronounced dead. State police said officers did not use force. ([29news.com](https://www.29news.com/2026/09/30/shooting-suspect-dead-after-pursuit-ends-augusta-county-police-say/))
Investigators have not established a motive. Manassas Police Chief Douglas Keen said the shooting followed some form of altercation, while authorities continued to review evidence and surveillance footage.
Families remember victims of Manassas workplace shooting
Serrano leaves behind a wife, a two-year-old daughter and a ten-year-old son, whose birthday had been celebrated only days before his death. A fundraising appeal for the family had raised more than $42,000.
His brother-in-law, Emanuel Garcia, said the family was struggling to come to terms with the loss.
“Right now I just keep thinking about the old memories I had with him,” Garcia said. “Like I don’t really know how to comfort my sister, myself or my whole family. He was a brother to me… I don’t know how else to cope.”
Lamot was remembered as a devoted husband and father who coached youth football in Northern Virginia. His friend and fellow coach Freddie Harris said Lamot had not originally been due to work that morning because he planned to attend his son’s game.
“He was a family man first, he loved his kids, he could hardly miss anything with his kids,” Harris said. “He wasn’t even supposed to be at work the day of the shooting because he was going to his son’s ball, but he went to work first for whatever reason.”
Harris said Lamot was deeply respected by the children he coached. “To me, all of the kids that I coached loved Ricky,” he said.
United Rentals said the safety and wellbeing of its employees and the wider community were its priority, adding that it was working with law enforcement and supporting affected staff. Chief Keen said the deaths had left the victims’ families, the company and the wider community grieving. ([equipmentworld.com](https://www.equipmentworld.com/workforce/article/15836384/united-rentals-shooting-kills-2-workers-injures-1))
The investigation into the Manassas workplace shooting remains ongoing.
