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(Reuters) - The man suspected of killing three people at the Kansas lawnmower factory where he worked had been served a protection order 90 minutes before his shooting spree, which also wounded 14 people, authorities said on Friday.
The suspect, identified as Cedric Ford, was armed with a .223-caliber assault-style rifle and a pistol as he fired randomly at coworkers over 26 minutes on Thursday. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the first police officer to reach the scene.
"The man was not going to stop shooting," Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said at a news conference on Friday. "The only reason he stopped shooting is because that officer stopped the shooter."
Walton described the officer who killed Ford as a hero, saying there was many as 300 people in the Excel Industries factory where the worst of the rampage took place as employees were beginning the day's second shift.
Ford had been served a protection from abuse order earlier Thursday at the factory, which may have triggered the bloodshed, authorities said. He left the factory after being served but began shooting about 90 minutes later.
Walton did not specify who had sought the protection order but said it was not an employee of the plant. He said Ford appeared upset but not outraged by the order.
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Protection from abuse orders usually are issued on behalf of a person in an intimate relationship or who lives in the same household as the subject, and has been physically or sexually abused.
Ford had been jailed a couple of times before, Walton said.
The shooting began with Ford firing out of his vehicle as he drove through two cities back to the factory, Walton has said. He stole one victim's car, went to Excel Industries and shot someone in the parking lot before going inside.
"Excel family is deeply saddened by the horrific event that occurred yesterday," said Paul Mullet, CEO of Excel Industries, in a statement.
Law enforcement officials in Hesston, a town of about 3,800 people about 35 miles north of Wichita, were checking to see if the firearms were legally purchased.
All 14 wounded victims remain at hospitals and at least five were initially listed in critical condition.
The attack follows a mass shooting in Michigan last weekend, when a driver for car-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] killed six people.
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I wonder why this thread didnt get made
Hmm must be 2 sidessss -
He was looking for reeeveeeennnggeeee
Aw summer 16 -
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Filled em with some hot ? .
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i thought the shooter was white....
or is that anther rampage im thinking of.....
news kinda slow reporting US stuff here in swiss -
Black excellence.
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Is he qualified to apply for the mental illness excuse
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GabrielProsser wrote: »He was looking for reeeveeeennnggeeee
Aw summer 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN2-HCofyq4 -
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Someone permaban this clown
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Smh This ? B Hop wildin
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playmaker88 wrote: »Someone permaban this clown
Oh take a fuckn joke...uber shooter was some fat cac
? damn yall catch feelings -
playmaker88 wrote: »Someone permaban this clown
Oh take a fuckn joke...uber shooter was some fat cac
? damn yall catch feelings
wait what...
so another ? rampage happened..
i was thinking this was the uber guy -
Nope but by the reactions looks like some ic is heated -
2stepz_ahead wrote: »playmaker88 wrote: »Someone permaban this clown
Oh take a fuckn joke...uber shooter was some fat cac
? damn yall catch feelings
wait what...
so another ? rampage happened..
i was thinking this was the uber guy
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so this is why the officer was a hero...
what stopped the uber shooter....since he was arrested -
playmaker88 wrote: »Someone permaban this clown
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playmaker88 wrote: »Someone permaban this clown
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T. Sanford wrote: »Is he qualified to apply for the mental illness excuse
He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the first police officer to reach the scene.
So...
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As if there's no threads about black criminals on the IC
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Unfortunately around these parts this fact
He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the first police officer to reach the scene.
Will not stop people from saying (and cosinging and clicking ether) this2stepz_ahead wrote: »so this is why the officer was a hero...
what stopped the uber shooter....since he was arrested -
His facebook is still up
He calls himself a "305 goon" -
All Summer 16
All Summer 16
Playing ? Not Clean