Man Guns Down 5 Co-Workers, Then Shoots Himself

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Man Guns Down 5 Co-Workers, Then Shoots Himself

An assembly-line worker at the Lockheed Martin aircraft parts plant in Meridian, Miss. U.S. opened fire, killing five co-workers before fatally shooting himself Tuesday morning, the authorities and witnesses said.

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An assembly-line worker who had talked openly about shooting people walked out of an ethics and sensitivity training session at the Lockheed Martin aircraft parts plant in Meridian, Miss. U.S. Tuesday morning, returned moments later with a semiautomatic rifle and a shotgun, and opened fire, killing five co-workers before fatally shooting himself, the authorities and witnesses said.

When the police arrived minutes later, nine people had been wounded, one critically, in what was the nation's deadliest plant shooting in two and a half years.

The gunman, identified as Doug Williams, 48, of Meridian, was an assembler at the factory, which builds parts for the C-130J Hercules and vertical stabilizers for F-22 Raptor jets. He had worked there since 1984.

Co-workers and others said Mr. Williams, who was white, was known as a racist for complaining about blacks and talking about shooting them. Four of those killed were black, and one was white.

Officials said it was not clear that the shooting had been racially motivated.

Dain Hancock, the president of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, refused to disclose tonight whether company officials were aware of problems or complaints about Mr. Williams involving racism or potential violence.

Source: Agencies

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