ST. LOUIS — Police on Friday identified the four people killed in a shooting at a Swiss-owned U.S. industrial plant and confirmed that man suspected of opening fire was among the dead.
ST. LOUIS — Police on Friday identified the four people killed in a shooting at a Swiss-owned U.S. industrial plant and confirmed that man suspected of opening fire was among the dead. Suspect Timothy Hendron, 51, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound beneath his chin, police said. He was found inside ABB Inc.’s plant on Thursday. Police believe Hendron shot and killed three of his co-workers at the sprawling plant: Cory Wilson, 27; Terry Mabry, 55; and Carlton Carter, 57. All three were shot in the head. Mabry was also shot in the leg and Wilson in the shoulder. Five other people were wounded, all of them men in their 50s. Two were in critical condition, two were in fair condition and one was treated at a hospital and released. The shootings began at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, sending the 40 to 50 employees inside the building scurrying to the rooftop, broom closets and boiler rooms to seek safety. Police said Hendron was armed with an assault rifle, shotgun and handgun. Swiss-based ABB Group makes power transmission and industrial automation equipment. It manufactures transformers at the St. Louis site. The motive for the shootings wasn’t known. But in 2006, Hendron and other ABB workers sued the company over retirement losses. The federal lawsuit accused ABB and its pension-review committee of causing their private retirement accounts to include investment options with "unreasonable and excessive" — and undisclosed — fees and expenses. The trial began Tuesday in Kansas City. The shootings occurred during a shift change at the plant, which employs about 270 people. Forty to 50 employees were likely in the building at the time, police Capt. Sam Dotson said. ___ Associated Press writers Cheryl Wittenauer, Christopher Leonard and Jim Suhr in St. Louis and Bill Draper in Kansas City, Missouri, contributed to this report. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.