UPDATE: According to WSOC, an employee has admitted to the parking lot shooting. Here's what is currently known: Police were called at 5:15 a.m. after Jarvis Miller and Jermaine Blakeney, neither of whom are Tyson employees, were shot in the parking lot of the company's Monroe, N.C., plant. Neither man sustained life-threatening injuries. The call came from one of the two victims. Meanwhile, an employee called police, saying he shot the two men after they alleged opened his car door and hit him in the face with a pistol. He pulled over and was taken in for questioning, but has not been arrested or charged.
Dive Brief:
- Gunshots rang out early this morning at a Tyson Foods facility in Monroe, N.C., near Charlotte.
- At least one person was rushed to the hospital. Local reports say that law enforcement has warned there may be additional victims.
- Reports are sketchy, but one local TV station is reporting that two people — brothers who work at the plant — have been shot.
Dive Insight:
Some 1,400 people work at the Tyson plant, producing food around the clock in three shifts. Our thoughts are with those workers and their families.
