Man opens fire at St. Louis area power company

Gunman opens fire on employees of ABB Power Plant in the St. Louis area.

By Source: Jim Salter, AP writer January 7, 2010

According to the AP , a man with an assault rifle walked into a St. Louis-based business Thursday and shot at least three people and their conditions were not immediately known. The shooting occurred around 6:30 a.m. CST at the ABB Power Plant. Two hours later it was believed that the shooter was still in the building. The Swiss-based ABB Group makes power transmission and industrial automation equipment and the company manufacturers transformers at the St. Louis location. Read chief editor Michael Ivanovich’s blog on violence in the workplace for more information.