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Hesston, Kansas, police are on the scene of a workplace shooting at Excel Industries where several people are reported dead, according to local media. fatalities and others wounded.
KSN-TV is reporting that the shooting has been critically wounded.
Excel manufactures lawn care products including riding lawnmowers.
Watch KAKE-TV's live coverage and scroll down for updates.
Updates:
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2016-02-26T01:35:36Z 2016-02-26T01:35:36Z One worker, who said he was lived next to the Cedric Ford, described the attack. “He was just unloading on everybody,” Jared Trujillo said. “As people were walking out he was firing on them.” “The talk around the plant was he had some mental issues,” Trujillo said. “He was being teased a little bit.” -
2016-02-26T01:34:24Z 2016-02-26T01:34:24Z Cedric Ford, Hesston plant shooter, posted this pic on Facebook https://t.co/wG0b5detFX pic.twitter.com/kKfqWZEw7U
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2016-02-26T01:30:39Z 2016-02-26T01:30:39Z From man named as shooter's Facebook page:Posted by Cedric Ford on Monday, February 15, 2016
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2016-02-26T01:29:44Z 2016-02-26T01:29:44Z Hesston plant shooter identified as Cedric Ford, KAKE-TV reports. -
2016-02-26T01:13:02Z 2016-02-26T01:13:02Z One worker, who said he was lived next to the shooter, described the attack. “He was just unloading on everybody,” the worker said. “As people were walking out he was firing on them.” “The talk around the plant was he had some mental issues,” the worker said. “He was being teased a little bit.” -
2016-02-26T01:04:06Z 2016-02-26T01:04:06Z “He was traveling and shooting from his car,” sheriff says.Man witnesses say attacked Hesston, Ks, plant posted this pic on Facebook of handgun https://t.co/wG0b5detFX pic.twitter.com/NHYILpSwSx
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2016-02-26T00:55:22Z 2016-02-26T00:55:22Z Harvey County, Kansas, Sheriff T. Walton says between 20 and 30 people were wounded and somewhere between four and seven are dead, including the shooter. The shooter was killed by a law enforcement officer. The Hesston plant was not the only shooting location, Sheriff Walton said. “He was traveling and shooting from his car." -
2016-02-26T00:50:16Z 2016-02-26T00:50:16Z Man co-workers identify as Hesston plant shooting posted AK47 pic on Facebook on Feb 15. https://t.co/wG0b5detFX pic.twitter.com/c9ZKxJI6S5
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2016-02-26T00:48:46Z 2016-02-26T00:48:46Z Police say 4 dead and 15 others wounded in Excel Industries plant attack, KAKE-TV reports. -
2016-02-26T00:45:15Z 2016-02-26T00:45:15Z The ex-worker identified by other Excel Industries employees as the shooter posted a photo of an AK-47 rifle on his Facebook page just last week. -
2016-02-26T00:24:23Z 2016-02-26T00:24:23Z The former worker first chased office workers and then “he just started spraying everybody in the production area,” a plant worker named Marty said. “I heard pop, pop, pop.” He saw a robot operator who stuck his head into a hallway to see what was happening was shot in his leg. -
2016-02-26T00:22:04Z 2016-02-26T00:22:04Z Video shows police searching the Excel plant's roof top.Just arriving on scene in Hesston. Looks like officers are searching rooftop of Excel building. #KWCH12 pic.twitter.com/WeewToefie
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2016-02-26T00:13:31Z 2016-02-26T00:13:31Z Two plant workers told a local TV reporter that nine people were shot, two of the now dead. The shooter was a former worker at the lawn mower factory who pulled up to the plant’s parking lot where he pulled out an AK47 rifle and shot a woman and then fired at several police officers. -
2016-02-26T00:08:47Z 2016-02-26T00:08:47Z This is a look inside the lawn mower plant posted just a day earlier on Facebook.Great work, ladies!
Posted by Hustler Turf Canada on Sunday, January 31, 2016 -
2016-02-26T00:05:11Z 2016-02-26T00:05:11Z Witness tells local TV that the shooter walked out of the plant to a parking lot, took a rifle out of a vehicle, returned inside and began firing. -
2016-02-26T00:00:19Z 2016-02-26T00:00:19Z Harvey County, Kansas, sheriff confirmed "multiple deaths." A local radio station reported two are dead. Nearby Hesston College is on lockdown.
