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"
6 DEAD IN MISSISSIPPI FACTORY SHOOTING "
July 9 2003 - Meridian Mississippi
14
employees were shot by a co-worker, killing 5, before turning a gun on
himself. The rampage at the
plant’s assembly line began just after an employees’ meeting on
workplace ethics and respect.
The perpetrator walked out of the meeting.
He returned from his car shortly after with a shotgun and a .223
semi-automatic rifle. He
was dressed in a black T-shirt and camouflage pants with extra
ammunition in his pants and in a bandoleer around his shoulder. He
sprayed the room with shotgun blasts, killing two, and continued his
rampage on the factory floor. Some
victims were white and some were black. While
motive was not initially determined, co-workers said he had undergone
anger counseling and was frustrated because he thought blacks had an
advantage in society. He
felt he had been passed over for promotions and kept score on whoever he
thought was offending him. Co-workers
later said the shooter was mad at the world; a hothead who spoke of
killing. He
had run-ins with management and fellow workers and felt mistreated.
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