Gunman Kills Ohio Jeep Worker, Himself

[Taurus 66]

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TOLEDO, Ohio(AP) An employee of a Jeep production plant shot three supervisors Wednesday, one fatally, before killing himself, police said.

Police said the shooter walked into the plant with a double-barrel shotgun, yelling and demanding that some of the body shop's supervisors come to the office area.

The shooting happened in the plant's body shop office about 8:45 p.m., police Chief Mike Navarre said.

One victim died at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. Police earlier had said one victim was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest and that two others were less seriously injured, but a hospital spokeswoman would not specify which victim died.

Navarre did not release the victims' names. The gunman, identified as Myles Meyers, 54, of Toledo, shot himself in the head, police said.

Mary Beth Halprin, a spokeswoman for DaimlerChrysler, Jeep's parent company, said the gunman was disciplined recently for a minor infraction, but did not have details.

Police said employees were running out of the plant when they arrived on the scene.

The plant, which opened in 1997, employs almost 4,500 people on two shifts.

 

[Henry Bowman]

Anybody know if it (or all Chrysler plants) was a "gun free" workplace (including the parking lot)? I suspect.

 

[aguyindallas]

Very sad, and to think, a CCW could have prevented some (not all) of this horror.

 

[CatsDieNow]

My uncle works at that plant. Guess I should call and see if he's okay.

 

[jobu07]

And it's clear that we must now ban evil assault double barreled shotguns as more laws would have prevented this tragedy.

 

[Highland Ranger]

And the media will focus on the gun . . . . instead of the behavior that precipitated this event as well as the action itself.

The social responsibility index of organizations as well as individual managers has dropped like a rock in recent years.

But the media's take will be: If only there weren't any guns, then we wouldn't have any violence.

 

[ArmsAkimber]

Happily, we now have a shall-issue CHL law (albeit flawed) here in Ohio.

However, Toledo is notorious for its draconian anti-gun laws. I think the city council passed, or tried to pass, a law that would circumvent parts of the CHL law allowing carry on state and local government-owned land (parks and the like). The state CHL law renders toothless such local laws, but that doesn't stop Toledo and several other Ohio cities from rattling their sabres, so to speak.

Also, our CHL law allows private property owners, such as employers, to bar carry. I'll bet a Krispy Kreme doughnut against a groat that the Jeep plant is what we pro-gun civil-rights Ohioans call a CPZ (Criminal Protection Zone).

 

[SteveS]

And it's clear that we must now ban evil assault double barreled shotguns as more laws would have prevented this tragedy.

Then what would John Kerry go deer hunting with?

 

[Sean Cloherty]

Heard the news last night. First thoughts were for the poor victims and their families. Usually my second thought would be regarding the stupidity of victim disarmament zones, but not this time.

I've had a Wrangler on order for what seems like a lifetime now and I am sure this is only going to delay things more.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Then what would John Kerry go deer hunting with?

Why, lies, of course.

 

[R.H. Lee]

Wonder if the guy was on anti depressent meds?

 

[One of Many]

Company Policy

DaimlerChrysler has a company policy prohibiting firearms on company property. They have made exceptions for deer hunters at the proving grounds, because the deer cause accidents when they get on the test tracks. The policy does not make any allowance for parking lots or publicly accessible areas. There are no signs at the entrances of the parking lots, and I don't remember seeing any on the building entrance doors either. You have to be told about it, or read it in the policy manual, to even know about the firearm prohibition.

 

[Atticus]

Sad stuff. I think Toledo has banned (or has tried to ban) everything but SXS shotguns. Go figure that a nutcase would use one. The next nutcase will probably just have to run over folks with his Jeep.

 

[Henry Bowman]

The next nutcase will probably just have to run over folks with his Jeep.

Or park it on the RR tracks, like the last nutcase.