and...another one
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article62530532.html
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article62530532.html
Care to post any of the story, instead of just a blind link? It is in the rules.
Sheriff: Up to 7 dead, 20 injured in Kansas workplace shooting
Jacob Hershberger, 20, said he was working on the mower line about 30 yards from the paint line when he heard three gunshots. At first he thought the guys on the paint line were building something. Then he heard six more shots, and heard someone yell, ‘Those are gun shots. You need to get out of here.”
He said he ran by one person who had been shot in the leg. He and other workers saw a second worker who had been shot in the back. They loaded him onto a pallet and put him in the back of a motorized cart, and drove him out of the plant, urging him to keep his eyes open and stay awake. A law enforcement officer directed them to hide behind a grassy hill until the shooting stopped.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article62530532.html#storylink=cpy wow
He said he ran by one person who had been shot in the leg. He and other workers saw a second worker who had been shot in the back. They loaded him onto a pallet and put him in the back of a motorized cart, and drove him out of the plant, urging him to keep his eyes open and stay awake. A law enforcement officer directed them to hide behind a grassy hill until the shooting stopped.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article62530532.html#storylink=cpy wow
Thanks for sharing some of the story. Prayers for all those affected.
Jeez.... people think this can't happen in small towns, in their home communities. It can happen. It DOES happen. This is just right up the road, folks. The economic and social pressures combined with a criminal background and a history of or new-onset/undiagnosed mental illness is an absolute recipe for disaster. This guys sounds like a time bomb that was ticking, his acts escalating, had a recent restraining order, etc.
WTH can we reasonably do to help prevent these scenarios that seem to be popping up everywhere?
Terrible, terrible situation.
WTH can we reasonably do to help prevent these scenarios that seem to be popping up everywhere?
Terrible, terrible situation.
They just reported on the ABC overnight news, that the shooter had an extensive criminal background in Florida. I wonder if he was a felon and prohibited from legally owning a firearm?
Sad. Condolences and prayers to all who are hurting.
I'm going to assume that Mr. Ford lost his job and just snapped. People need to love each other more. Showing an interest in and concern for others is very important. If you wall someone off because they are unhappy or hostile, bad things can get worse. Legal and mechanistic approaches to this sort of problem cannot replace good human relations. If you know someone who is isolated and might be hurting or is a jerk, try being kind. At a minimum, the life you save might be your own.
I'm going to assume that Mr. Ford lost his job and just snapped. People need to love each other more. Showing an interest in and concern for others is very important. If you wall someone off because they are unhappy or hostile, bad things can get worse. Legal and mechanistic approaches to this sort of problem cannot replace good human relations. If you know someone who is isolated and might be hurting or is a jerk, try being kind. At a minimum, the life you save might be your own.
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It seems like a restraining order against him from his girlfriend is what set him off.
"Cedric Larry Ford, who allegedly killed three people and injured 14 others Thursday before police killed him, had been served shortly before with a restraining order meant to keep him away from a former girlfriend, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton says.
Walton told ABC News overnight that investigators still have many interviews to conduct but, at this point, his domestic troubles appear to have possibly been a trigger.
He said Ford was served with the order about 90 minutes before the first shooting at about 3:30 p.m."
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/shooting-...s-injured-090143269--abc-news-topstories.html
"Cedric Larry Ford, who allegedly killed three people and injured 14 others Thursday before police killed him, had been served shortly before with a restraining order meant to keep him away from a former girlfriend, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton says.
Walton told ABC News overnight that investigators still have many interviews to conduct but, at this point, his domestic troubles appear to have possibly been a trigger.
He said Ford was served with the order about 90 minutes before the first shooting at about 3:30 p.m."
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/shooting-...s-injured-090143269--abc-news-topstories.html
