Dive Summary:
- On Nov. 6, an employee of of Valley Protein, a poultry processing company, came into work with a firearm and opened fire at four employees, killing two.
- According to fellow employees, the gunman, a former felon convicted only of non-violent crimes, showed no signs of instability or strangeness prior to the shooting.
- The incident has caused authorities and regulatory agencies to take a harder look at food manufacturing facilities and employee selection.
From the article:
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) â As employees return to work Thursday at a chicken-processing plant that was the scene of a fatal workplace shooting, authorities and co-workers puzzled over what set off an ex-convict whose record had included mostly nonviolent crimes.Lawrence Nathaniel Jones, 42, had been in and out of prison since 1991 for crimes ranging from armed robbery to a car theft. A neighbor described him as intimidating, but a co-worker and his boss called him nice and respectful.On Tuesday, in the middle of his morning shift, Jones pulled out a gun and opened fire on four co-workers, kill...
