TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) – A man who had just been fired from his job at a paper plant returned to his workplace with a handgun and shot two colleagues, killing one of them, authorities said.
The suspect, identified only as a 31-year-old Detroit man, was expected to be arraigned Sunday, police Lt. Frank Canning said.
Police said the shootings occurred Friday at the International Paper Co. plant after the gunman had been dismissed because the company wasn’t satisfied with his performance.
The shooter got a handgun from his vehicle, returned to the building and shot the supervisor who fired him. He then shot a woman who tried to intervene, police said.
Police said the wounded supervisor and another employee tackled the shooter and held him until police arrived.
The woman who tried to intervene died during surgery, Canning said. Police said the wounded supervisor was stable. Their names were not released.
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