Workplace Shooting Spree Kills 4

Workplace Shooting Spree Kills 4

Cedric Larry Ford, who allegedly killed three people and injured 14 others on Feb. 25 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 said.

The shootings occurred in a Kansas workplace, along with two other locations. Ford, 38, a Newton resident, was an employee at Excel Industries, one of the scenes, Walton said in a news conference.

Police said the shooter fired from his car and shot people at two nearby locations before unleashing a hail of bullets in the factory, hitting at least 14 people and killing three of them.

Ford later died in a gun battle when a police officer shot him despite taking fire.

At least 14 people were hospitalized, five of them in critical condition.

Walton said the carnage began about 5 p.m. when the gunman opened fire from his vehicle in a location nearby Excel. He hit two vehicles, injuring one person. After that, he went to another location where he shot a person in the leg, police said. From there, he drove to the plant, which manufactures heavy-duty lawn care equipment, where he opened fire before being killed by the police.

Police believe he had at least two guns on him at the time of the shooting.

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Sydny Shepard is the Executive Editor of Campus Security & Life Safety.

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