Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 > JustSayNo > Sun, 4 Jul 2004 21:40:16 -0400 > [sSRI-Research] Zoloft strikes again...Man > Kills Three, Himself, at Kansas Plant > > Man Kills Three, Himself, at Kansas Plant > http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=578 & e=2 & u=/nm/20040703/ts_nm/cri\ me_shooting_dc > > > > KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) - A man walked into the > cafeteria of a meat-processing plant in Kansas with > two handguns on Friday and opened fire, shooting > three people to death and then killing himself, > local police said. > > The shooting took place at a plant in Kansas City, > Kansas, operated by ConAgra Foods Inc., one of the > nation's largest food and agribusiness companies. > The gunman was not immediately identified. At least > two other people were injured and taken to local > hospitals, police said. > > > Earlier, a Kansas City, Kansas, police dispatcher > said six people were killed before the gunman took > his own life. Police later revised that number down > to three killed before the shooter committed > suicide. > > > Police said the shootings happened about 5 p.m. CDT. > The motive for the killings had not been determined > but there was speculation the man had been a worker > at the plant whose job had been terminated, police > said. > > > ConAgra said it was cooperating with the police > investigation and the company expressed sympathy for > the families of the victims. > > > Company spokesman Bob McKeon said the plant employed > about 500 people processing meat products into deli > meat slices. He said the company could not comment > on whether the gunman had been an employee. > > > The deaths were the latest in a string of workplace > shootings in the United States in recent years. > > > In August, 2003 Salvador Tapia returned to the Windy > City Core Supply warehouse in Chicago where he was > fired six months before and killed six of his former > co-workers. Tapia was shot and killed in a gun > battle with police. > > > A month earlier in July, 2003, a Lockheed Martin > Aeronautics Company worker in Meridian, Mississippi, > left a company ethics seminar, retrieved a rifle and > shotgun and returned to work, killing six of his > co-workers and wounding eight others before > committing suicide. > > > In February, 2003, Emanuel Burl Patterson allegedly > opened fire at Labor Ready Inc., a temporary > employment service in Huntsville, Alabama, killing > four fellow job-seekers and wounding a fifth. > > > In February, 2001, William Baker killed four people, > then himself at a Navistar International engine > plant in suburban Chicago. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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