Two Dead in U.S. Shooting Spree

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Two Dead in U.S. Shooting Spree

A man opened fire Thursday at the simulated-wood factory in Goshen, Indiana, U.S. where he worked, killing a co-worker and wounding several others before committing suicide, authorities said.

A man opened fire Thursday at the simulated-wood factory in Goshen, Indiana, U.S. where he worked, killing a co-worker and wounding several others before committing suicide, authorities said.

State Police officials said one person was slain inside Nu-Wood Decorative Millwork factory. A SWAT team later found the gunman with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"He was dead when they found him," Sheriff's Capt. Julie Dijkstra said.

Authorities said five people were treated for gunshot wounds, but their conditions weren't immediately known. Earlier, the mayor and hospital administrators said they feared 30 to 35 people had been shot.

Workers told authorities an automatic weapon was used and some injuries appeared to be shotgun wounds.

The shooting jolted this northern Indiana community. An elementary school kept students inside and Goshen College, a small school run by Mennonites, also told its students and faculty to stay indoors.

Police and SWAT teams surrounded the factory and cordoned off the area. Twelve nearby plants were evacuated, and at least a dozen ambulances lined up near the complex in an industrial park on the edge of town.

By late afternoon, people could be seen leaving the building with their hands on their heads and rescue crews removed people on stretchers.

Goshen, a community of 29,000 people, is about 100 miles east of Chicago.

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