Hartford Distributors Shooting

Anniversary of a Workplace Shooting

Janice Harper | Posted 10.03.2011

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Janice Harper

One year ago this week, Omar Thornton, a delivery truck driver, methodically shot and killed eight of his co-workers, wounded several others, then killed himself. Was he bullied in the workplace, mobbed to the point of mass murder?

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Columbine and the Connecticut Shooter: Mad at the World

Jeff Kass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Kass

So why did Omar Thornton, a black 34-year-old truck driver who worked for a beer distribution company, shoot and kill more than the five "racists" he claimed to be tracking?

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Omar Thornton, Beer Distributor Shooter, Stole Empty Kegs Worth $400

AP | EVERTON BAILEY Jr. and STEPHEN SINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARTFORD, Conn. — The man who fatally shot eight co-workers at a Connecticut beer distributor stole cases of beer and empty kegs worth more than...

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Beer Distributor Closed Since Shootings Set To Reopen After Period Of Silence, Remembrance

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut beer distributorship where an employee went on a shooting rampage and killed eight co-workers and himself is set...

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Man Arrested For Saying He Understands Workplace Murderer

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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EAST WINDSOR, Conn. — Police on Friday arrested a woman suspected of accepting stolen beer from a delivery truck driven by the man who fatally s...

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Columbine and Hartford Distributors Shooting

Jeff Kass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Kass

Maybe the most obvious connection between Columbine and today's shooting at the Hartford Distributors liquor business in Connecticut that reportedly left at least eight dead is that the suspects committed suicide afterwards.

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Hartford Distributors Shooting: Nine Dead In Workplace Massacre

AP | STEPHEN SINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MANCHESTER, Conn. — A driver caught stealing beer from the warehouse where he worked agreed to resign his job Tuesday and then as "cold as ice,"...

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