Six Dead in Mississippi Factory Shooting



This one hits too close to home for me. This is one of our facilities. Even though they work on a different program, we all feel like the killed and injured were part of our family. It really makes you stop and think.

(CNN) -- A gunman armed with a shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle opened fire at a Lockheed Martin aircraft plant in Meridian, Mississippi, this morning, killing at least five of his co-workers and injuring eight others before turning a gun on himself, authorities said. "Several of the victims fell at their work stations," Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie said. Meridian Mayor John Smith called the attack an "unspeakable tragedy."

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