At Least Nine Dead at Conn. Beer Distributor in Workplace Violence Incident
At least nine people, including the gunman, were shot and killed and others wounded
Tuesday at a beer distributor, Hartford Distributors, in Manchester, Conn. Police said the suspect,
Omar Thornton, turned the gun on himself when approached by police, The Hartford
(Conn.) Courant reported. Officials said the suspect walked into a building and
opened fire, WTNH-TV, Hartford, reported. Police
were alerted to the situation when someone called and said "somebody's
been shot, there's a victim down," a Manchester police lieutenant related
at a press briefing. A spokesman for the union which represents some of the
workers at the beer company said the gunman, a driver at the company, was hired
about a year ago and came to work today to face a disciplinary hearing.