Six dead in Mississippi factory shooting

[Moogie]

<img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon9.gif><img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon9.gif><img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon9.gif><br><br>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. <br><br><table width="90%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bordercolor="#63635A" bgcolor="#E7E7E2" align="center"><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">(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." <br></td></tr></table><br><br>Here is the article in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/07/08/plant.shoot/index.html"><b>full</b></a>.<br><br>

[GHOST]

Sorry to hear that Moogie.

Hey, I put in ten years at Lockheed, Burbank.

[PY 222]

OMG... it always saddens me when things like this happens!

Terrible tragedy!

My condolences to the families.

[IronBits]

I'm really sorry to hear this Moogie :(

[Moogie]

Thanks guys...your support means alot.

I just wish I understood it all...but then again, I'm glad I don't. :(

[Dyyryath]

It's hard to believe someone would just decide to randomly start killing people. :mad:

Here's some more info on this story:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/07/09/plant.shoot/index.html

[Anarchy99]

"the tragedy of man shall be the power to take another's life, and the glory of man shall be the power to choose not to"........."I mourn the unnecessary loss of life when the power of choice is so blatantly mistreated"........

a small consolation but just my thoughts

A99

[Darkness Productions]

An update to the above, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/10/national/10SHOO.html?ex=1058414400&en=ad2004225c6abaac&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE