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6 Dead in workplace shooting
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Lauderdale County authorities said a gunman opened fire at a Lockheed Martin plant outside Meridian, hitting several people.
A local television station reported that seven people, including the gunman, were dead, citing a Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie told reporters that the gunman had killed five before he himself died.
A local reporter told Fox News that at least eight people had been injured.
Meridian Mayor John Robert Smith confirmed to Fox News that there had been "multiple deaths, multiple 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 deaths.
"All we can say at this point is that there was a shooting out at Lockheed and several 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 semiautomatic weapon.
Officials at the plant declined comment.
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Lauderdale County authorities said a gunman opened fire at a Lockheed Martin plant outside Meridian, hitting several people.
A local television station reported that seven people, including the gunman, were dead, citing a Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie told reporters that the gunman had killed five before he himself died.
A local reporter told Fox News that at least eight people had been injured.
Meridian Mayor John Robert Smith confirmed to Fox News that there had been "multiple deaths, multiple 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 deaths.
"All we can say at this point is that there was a shooting out at Lockheed and several 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 semiautomatic weapon.
Officials at the plant declined comment.
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