ABB plant shooting

A mass shooting occurred at an ABB power plant in St. Louis, Missouri, on 7 January 2010. An ABB Power employee, armed with multiple firearms, killed three and injured five others, two critically, and killed himself before police arrived.[1][2]

ABB plant shooting
LocationSt. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Date7 January 2010 (2010-01-07)
c. 6:30 a.m. – c. 7:00 a.m. CST (UTC -6)
Attack type
Spree shooting, murder–suicide
Weapons
Deaths4 (including the perpetrator)
Injured5
PerpetratorTimothy Hendron

Shooting

Timothy Hendron arrived at work with an AK-47-type semi-automatic, at least two Hi-Point handguns, a pump-action shotgun, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.[3]

AK-47

The shootings began around 6:30 a.m. local time, when Hendron opened fire in a parking lot near the factory before moving inside.[4] The first 911 call came in around 6:45 a.m., saying that a gunman was moving about the complex and that he had shot several people. Hendron fired about 100 rounds of ammunition, killing two people in the parking lot and another person inside the factory before killing himself.

Five people were injured in the incident, including two in critical condition. Two more were in fair condition, and the fifth person injured had been admitted to a hospital and released. Other employees took refuge on the roof of the building or in rooms within the factory.[5] During the shooting, an employee at the facility retrieved a firearm from his car and returned fire when the gunman was moving down the hall towards a group of workers who were hiding in a break room. The armed citizen that confronted the shooter was later fired for bringing the firearm on company property.

Victims

The following were killed in the shooting:[6]

  • Carlton Carter, 57
  • Terry Mabry, 55
  • Cory Wilson, 27

Perpetrator

Police identified the shooter as 51-year-old Timothy Hendron, a resident of Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and an employee of ABB. No motive has been identified, though he was known to be part of a class action lawsuit against ABB pertaining to the company's pension plan, specifically unidentified fees and expenses in employees' 401(k) accounts. People who knew Hendron said that he had been increasingly unhappy with his job at ABB, going so far as to search for a labor lawyer.[7]

Aftermath

Police later found a third handgun near a guard shack.[3] The day after the shootings, ABB released a statement mourning the deaths of its employees, including a quote from its CEO, Joe Hogan, saying in part, "I am deeply saddened by this news and would like to express my greatest sympathy to those who have been touched by this tragedy."[8]

See also

References
  1. "1 dead, 4 hurt in St. Louis plant shooting". Yahoo News. Associated Press. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  2. "Gunman on rampage at Missouri factory". BBC News. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  3. "ABB shooter fired off 100 rounds before killing himself". stltoday. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  4. "St Louis factory gunman who killed three is 'dead'". BBC. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  5. "Details Emerge on St. Louis Shooting, but Motive Unclear". The New York Times. 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  6. Bazar, Emily (8 January 2010). "Gunman kills himself, three others at St. Louis plant". USA Today. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  7. cbyers@post-dispatch.com > 314-863-2821, CHRISTINE BYERS •. "Police report details ABB shooting chaos". STLtoday.com.
  8. "ABB statement". ABB Group. 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
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