6 hurt, 1 dead in shooting at FedEx’s Georgia unit
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A GUNMAN opened fire at a FedEx Corp facility in suburban Atlanta early yesterday, injuring six people before killing himself, apparently with his own weapon, police said.
An active shooter was reported at the ground facility in an airport in Kennesaw, Georgia, about 30 miles northwest of Atlanta, just before 6am EST, said Cobb County Police spokesman Mike Bowman.
FedEx employee Liza Aiken told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she was correcting addresses on packages when she saw a man dressed all in black and armed with a knife, assault rifle and a cartridge belt strapped across his chest.
“He looked like he was heading into war,” she told the newspaper. “As soon as I saw him, I ran the other way.”
Michael Hogland, a driver at the facility, told the paper his boss called him early yesterday and said a man had shot a security guard. Police did not identify the shooter or his connection to the facility.
Six patients in varying condition were taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. “Some were able to walk off the ambulance and others are in the operating room,” a hospital spokesman said.
A FedEx spokeswoman extended condolences to those affected by the shooting.
“The situation is now stabilized, and we are focused on the needs of our team members and cooperating with the law enforcement investigation of this tragedy,” said company spokeswoman Shea Leordeanu.
Hundreds of police from multiple agencies had converged on the scene. The building had been secured, and officers were clearing the incident location.
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