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ANDOVER, Ohio — The man who opened fire at an auto parts factory, killing a co-worker and then himself, didn't socialize at work and lived with his parents, spending his free time shooting at targets behind their house, his mother said.
Ricky Shadle(search)'s parents said their 6-foot-2, 300-pound son had a learning disability, was teased his whole life and always needed help filling out forms at the plant.
His mother, Rosalie Shadle, said her son tried to take vacation time off, but filled out the request incorrectly. He did not know he was denied the vacation until a boss threatened to fire him if he did not come back to work.
"He was so mad," she said. "He didn't know he wasn't getting a vacation."
Before the shootings that killed a payroll clerk he was upset with and wounded two others, Shadle told his parents he had cancer. He was worried his right leg would need to be amputated because of a grapefruit-size growth.
"He told me he would shoot himself first before he would have that leg amputated," Rosalie Shadle said.
The shootings happened about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday at Andover Industries (search) in the northeast Ohio village, Ashtabula County Sheriff Bill Johnson said.
Shadle, 32, had worked at the plant for about five years. He reported to work in the production area Tuesday, then said he was having medical problems with his leg and left briefly, Johnson said.
He returned with four handguns, including a 10 mm revolver, police said.
Worker Ron Stockflager said he heard Shadle swearing at a receptionist. "The names went back and forth and then he pulled out a gun and shot her and then he continued his way through the building," Stockflager said.
Payroll clerk Theodora Mosley, 61, of Dorset, died. Witnesses said Shadle then closed himself in a room and shot himself.
At Mosley's home, grieving family gathered. Her son, Jared Gordon, said he knew of no problems between Shadle and his mother, who had worked at the plant nine years.
"I just want to know why. How could someone walk into a plant with guns?" Gordon said. "This guy was probably mentally unstable, he shouldn't have been allowed in the plant and he shot my mom in the back."
Joyce Thompson Smith, 54, of Andover, was in critical condition, while Sue Martin, 35, of Andover, was in stable condition.
Andover Police Chief Dan Vild (search) said someone inside the plant of 700 workers called police during the hail of gunfire, and the gunman was dead by the time he arrived.
Shaken workers left the plant holding hands and crying.
Employees told officers Shadle did his job, but didn't mingle.
"He didn't get along like normal people would in a job setting, in other words, talking to people or something like that," the sheriff said.
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I may be showing my ignorance here, but does a 10mm revolver in fact exist?
Tall Man
ANDOVER, Ohio — The man who opened fire at an auto parts factory, killing a co-worker and then himself, didn't socialize at work and lived with his parents, spending his free time shooting at targets behind their house, his mother said.
Ricky Shadle(search)'s parents said their 6-foot-2, 300-pound son had a learning disability, was teased his whole life and always needed help filling out forms at the plant.
His mother, Rosalie Shadle, said her son tried to take vacation time off, but filled out the request incorrectly. He did not know he was denied the vacation until a boss threatened to fire him if he did not come back to work.
"He was so mad," she said. "He didn't know he wasn't getting a vacation."
Before the shootings that killed a payroll clerk he was upset with and wounded two others, Shadle told his parents he had cancer. He was worried his right leg would need to be amputated because of a grapefruit-size growth.
"He told me he would shoot himself first before he would have that leg amputated," Rosalie Shadle said.
The shootings happened about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday at Andover Industries (search) in the northeast Ohio village, Ashtabula County Sheriff Bill Johnson said.
Shadle, 32, had worked at the plant for about five years. He reported to work in the production area Tuesday, then said he was having medical problems with his leg and left briefly, Johnson said.
He returned with four handguns, including a 10 mm revolver, police said.
Worker Ron Stockflager said he heard Shadle swearing at a receptionist. "The names went back and forth and then he pulled out a gun and shot her and then he continued his way through the building," Stockflager said.
Payroll clerk Theodora Mosley, 61, of Dorset, died. Witnesses said Shadle then closed himself in a room and shot himself.
At Mosley's home, grieving family gathered. Her son, Jared Gordon, said he knew of no problems between Shadle and his mother, who had worked at the plant nine years.
"I just want to know why. How could someone walk into a plant with guns?" Gordon said. "This guy was probably mentally unstable, he shouldn't have been allowed in the plant and he shot my mom in the back."
Joyce Thompson Smith, 54, of Andover, was in critical condition, while Sue Martin, 35, of Andover, was in stable condition.
Andover Police Chief Dan Vild (search) said someone inside the plant of 700 workers called police during the hail of gunfire, and the gunman was dead by the time he arrived.
Shaken workers left the plant holding hands and crying.
Employees told officers Shadle did his job, but didn't mingle.
"He didn't get along like normal people would in a job setting, in other words, talking to people or something like that," the sheriff said.
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I may be showing my ignorance here, but does a 10mm revolver in fact exist?
Tall Man
