Subject: Gun Kills Nine in Connecticut Workplace
"guns kill people," so we know who to blame here. ;D
Quote by BBC:Nine dead in Connecticut workplace gun rampage - BBC
A worker at a beer distribution firm in the US state of Connecticut has opened fire on colleagues killing eight of them before turning the gun on himself.
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According to local media reports the man, a driver for the company, went on the shooting rampage after being asked to resign from his job during a disciplinary hearing.
"There were nine individuals, including the suspect, who were killed during the shooting," Manchester police said in a statement. "We are presently in the process of trying to identify the victims and make notifications to family members."
Two wounded people were taken to a local hospital and are "expected to survive", the statement added.
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"There was a guy that was supposed to, was asked to resign, to come in to resign and chose not to and shot my cousin and my co-workers," Brett Hollander told the Associated Press news agency. He said his cousin had been injured.
The gunman had worked for the firm for a couple of years and had been summoned to a disciplinary hearing, said John Hollis, of the Connecticut Teamsters.
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