Martin Espinoza, who works at Excel, was in the plant during the attack.
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As Kim Gandy, president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, told The Huffington Post for an earlier story, “Those who terrorize women at home often go on to terrorize their communities”.
Counselors were available Friday for students and employees following the mass shooting here, a press release said. He spoke in Jacksonville, Florida, during an event about the economy.
Four people are dead and 14 wounded after an active shooter attacked Excel Industries in Hesston Thursday.
Walton said authorities had information on “some things that triggered this individual”, but he would not elaborate.
He said he couldn’t give an exact number of people killed and injured.
According to Schroeder’s LinkedIn page, he’s been chief of Hesston since 1998.
What happened at this location is the shooter went head-on into the oncoming traffic.
Ford allegedly was working at the Excel Industries plant when he abruptly left and later returned in a truck that wasn’t his, armed with an AK-47 and a handgun. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the first police officer to reach the scene.
The last posts were on Tuesday, including one where Ford says “Woke up this morning vibing God is good”.
Excel Industries is a family-owned business founded in 1960, according to The Kansas City Star.
“There was particular law enforcement here in Hesston that responded right away”.
He also said he would speak out on every mass shooting and pledged to “politicize” the issue until Congress passed gun control legislation. He said in more than two decades in the area, he’d never seen anything like this shooting.
Matt Jarrell said he and Ford worked “hand-in-hand” as painters on the second shift. “He then got me to the ground while choking me”. As Ford and the other driver exited their vehicles, Ford shot the driver.
Overall, the three shootings covered a range of about 6 miles and lasted a span of about 24 minutes, Walton said Friday. He said the victims appear to have been randomly targeted.
Jim Mason, Hesston College’s director of facilities, says faculty and staff are being kept indoors as a precaution until it’s clear a suspect is in custody.
He then entered the building and unleashed bullets.
Ford had bought a truck from Jarrell’s neighbor a week before and drove the truck to work for the first time Thursday, Jarrell said.
At Excel in Hesston, Ford goes to the northeast section of the plant.
Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said Friday that Ford was served with a protection from abuse order about 90 minutes before the attacks began Thursday evening.
The assault at the Excel Industries lawnmower parts plant in the small town of Hesston ended when a police officer killed the gunman during a shootout. Ford had two children – a 2-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter, according to court records.
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NBC reports that court records showed that Ford, 38, was a felon who previously lived in Miami and was on probation with a series of convictions in Florida including burglary.
