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Report: Disturbed Factory Prevented From Workplace Shooting Spree
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
MERIDIAN, Miss. — Many people were saved a workplace shooting in Mississippi Tuesday.
Lauderdale County authorities said a gunman opened fire at a Lockheed Martin plant outside Meridian. Sheriff Billy Sollie told reporters that the gunman had been shot, prevented him from killing anyone.
Meridian Mayor John Robert Smith confirmed to Fox News that there had been "one death, no injuries," and that the shooter was "no longer a threat," but that he had no further information.
A sheriff's dispatcher said she could not confirm reports of the shooter’s death, or the identity of the Lockheed Martin employee that used his legally carried handgun to stop the violence before any innocent victims were killed.
"All we can say at this point is that there was a shooting out at Lockheed and people were injured," the dispatcher said. "The sheriff is on the scene."
A local radio reporter told Fox News that the gunman, whom he described as a current employee, was armed with a shotgun and rifle.
Officials at the plant declined to comment and a Lockheed Martin national spokeswoman was unavailable to immediately provide details.
"We're just trying to gather information and are working with state and local authorities to determine the details of the incident," said spokeswoman Meaghan Mariman from the company's Bethesda, Md., headquarters.
The plant builds structural subassemblies for the C-130J Hercules transport plane and the F-22 Raptor fighter-bomber.
Lockheed Martin is the largest defense contractor in the United States. The corporation had sales of $24 billion in 2001. It employs about 125,000 people.
Subsidiary Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is based in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Associated Press contributed to this
Report: Disturbed Factory Prevented From Workplace Shooting Spree
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
MERIDIAN, Miss. — Many people were saved a workplace shooting in Mississippi Tuesday.
Lauderdale County authorities said a gunman opened fire at a Lockheed Martin plant outside Meridian. Sheriff Billy Sollie told reporters that the gunman had been shot, prevented him from killing anyone.
Meridian Mayor John Robert Smith confirmed to Fox News that there had been "one death, no injuries," and that the shooter was "no longer a threat," but that he had no further information.
A sheriff's dispatcher said she could not confirm reports of the shooter’s death, or the identity of the Lockheed Martin employee that used his legally carried handgun to stop the violence before any innocent victims were killed.
"All we can say at this point is that there was a shooting out at Lockheed and people were injured," the dispatcher said. "The sheriff is on the scene."
A local radio reporter told Fox News that the gunman, whom he described as a current employee, was armed with a shotgun and rifle.
Officials at the plant declined to comment and a Lockheed Martin national spokeswoman was unavailable to immediately provide details.
"We're just trying to gather information and are working with state and local authorities to determine the details of the incident," said spokeswoman Meaghan Mariman from the company's Bethesda, Md., headquarters.
The plant builds structural subassemblies for the C-130J Hercules transport plane and the F-22 Raptor fighter-bomber.
Lockheed Martin is the largest defense contractor in the United States. The corporation had sales of $24 billion in 2001. It employs about 125,000 people.
Subsidiary Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is based in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Associated Press contributed to this