4 Dead Including Gunman and 14 Wounded in Mass Shooting at Kansas Factory: Sheriff
Four
people are dead and 14 have been wounded after a mass shooting at a factory in
a tiny Kansas city, according to authorities.
Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton told reporters that a gunman opened fire about 5 p.m. Thursday at Excel Industries, a manufacturer of lawnmowers in Hesston, Kansas – a city of about 3,700 people, 35 miles northwest of Wichita.
Walton
said responding officers shot and killed the gunman, according to KWCH-TV.
After the shooting, the sheriff told assembled media that four to seven people are dead and an estimated 20 to 30 had been wounded – though investigators are still waiting to enter to factory, KAKE-TV reports.
According to NBC, those numbers are now 4 deceased including the gunman, and a total of 14 injured.
The shooting began outside the plan when the gunman opened fire on a pickup truck in downtown Hesston, wounding the man inside. Another man was wounded at an intersection nearby. A third victim was wounded in the parking lot of Excel before the shooter entered the building and opened fire, KSN-TVreports.
Walton confirmed that the gunman is an employee of Excel.
Witnesses told the Wichita Eagle that the shooter appeared to be armed with an assault rifle and a handgun.
After the shooting, the sheriff told assembled media that four to seven people are dead and an estimated 20 to 30 had been wounded – though investigators are still waiting to enter to factory, KAKE-TV reports.
According to NBC, those numbers are now 4 deceased including the gunman, and a total of 14 injured.
The shooting began outside the plan when the gunman opened fire on a pickup truck in downtown Hesston, wounding the man inside. Another man was wounded at an intersection nearby. A third victim was wounded in the parking lot of Excel before the shooter entered the building and opened fire, KSN-TVreports.
Walton confirmed that the gunman is an employee of Excel.
Witnesses told the Wichita Eagle that the shooter appeared to be armed with an assault rifle and a handgun.
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