4 police officers and multiple others shot at manufacturing plant in Chicago suburb of Aurora, reports say. Police in Aurora, Illinois, responded Friday afternoon to reports of an active shooter at the Henry Pratt Company manufacturing plant, city officials said on Twitter. The Aurora Daily Herald said preliminary reports indicated that four Aurora police officers and multiple civilians were wounded. The company makes valves and other industrial equipment. Ref. USAToday.
Gunman dead, at least four others slain in Aurora, Ill. Factory shooting; six police officers injured/ A 45-year-old worker at a valve manufacturing plant opened fire on fellow workers Friday in Aurora, Ill., killing at least four people before police rushed in and fatally shot him. Five police officers were shot and a sixth suffered a knee injury, officials said at the press conference at the scene. Ref. USAToday.
Crazy America again where every other day is a real time movie in the form of someone being shot by a gunman that has lost his cool.
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Its alleged that the reason he did it was because his fellow employees told him he was going to be fired. I really hope that wasn't intended as a joke.
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