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Connecticut Beer Distributor Shooting
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
MANCHESTER, Conn. - A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor refused, then opened fire Tuesday morning, a company executive said. Police said the gunman and several other people were killed and others were wounded, one critically.
People are seen being evacuated from Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities say several people have been shot at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. Police in other surrounding towns and state authorities have been called to the scene. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jessica Hill)
Police are seen moving in on Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities say several people have been shot at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. Police in other surrounding towns and state authorities have been called to the scene. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jessica Hill)
Authorities converge on Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Officials say several people have been shot at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. Police in other surrounding towns and state authorities have been called to the scene. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jessica Hill)
Authorities converge on Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Officials say several people have been shot at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. Police in other surrounding towns and state authorities have been called to the scene. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jessica Hill)
A priest kneels in prayer with three women outside Manchester High School, a gathering point for the families, co-workers and friends of shooting victims in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor refused, then opened fire Tuesday morning, a company executive said. Police said the gunman and several other people were killed and others were wounded. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A man dressed in a beer distribution company's uniform walks away from Manchester High School, a gathering point for the families, co-workers and friends of shooting victims, with a woman resting her head on his shoulder, in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor refused, then opened fire Tuesday morning, a company executive said. Police said the gunman and several other people were killed and others were wounded. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Workers and family of workers from Hartford Distributors gather at Manchester High School in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities say several people have been shot at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Workers and family of workers from Hartford Distributors gather at Manchester High School in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities say several people have been shot at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Workers and family of workers from Hartford Distributors gather at Manchester High School in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities say several people have been shot at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Employees of Hartford Distributors hug at a police staging area where employees were brought after a shooting at a beer distribution warehouse, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in Manchester Conn. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jim Michaud)
A Police officer sets up nearby the Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities say several people have been killed at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Police walk toward the Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Authorities say several people have been killed at the beer distribution company in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Joanne Hannah speaks to the Associated Press outside her home in Enfield, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Hannah's daughter Kristi dated Omar Thornton, a driver for Hartford Distributors who authorities say killed eight people, plus himself at the beer distribution company in Connecticut Tuesday morning. Hannah says her daughter told her that Thornton complained of racial harassment at work. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Manchester, Conn. Police Chief Marc Montminy reads a statement to reporters near the site of a multiple fatal shooting in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor refused, then opened fire Tuesday morning, a company executive said. Police said the gunman and several other people were killed and others were wounded. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Manchester, Conn. Police Chief Marc Montminy answers reporters questions near the site of a multiple fatal shooting in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor refused, then opened fire Tuesday morning, a company executive said. Police said the gunman and several other people were killed and others were wounded. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
