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Gunman on rampage at US factory St Louis factory gunman is 'dead'
(about 1 hour later)
Three people were killed and five wounded when a gunman stormed a factory in the city of St Louis, Missouri, US police said. Police say a gunman who stormed a factory in the city of St Louis, Missouri, killing three people and injuring five, has been found dead.
Reports said workers at the ABB Power factory were hiding in offices and on the roof awaiting rescue. A fire department spokesman named the suspect as Timothy Hendron, an employee who had filed a lawsuit against the company.
A fire department spokesman named the suspected shooter as Timothy Hendron, an employee who has filed a lawsuit against the company. Police said the suspected shooter died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
It is unclear if he is among the dead or still at large. Reports say three of the injured are in a critical condition.
Of the injured, three were in a critical condition and two were in a fair condition, police said.
The shooting started at 0630 local time (1230 GMT) police said.The shooting started at 0630 local time (1230 GMT) police said.
Local radio reported that the suspect had opened fire in the car park before storming the factory.Local radio reported that the suspect had opened fire in the car park before storming the factory.
Legal disputeLegal dispute
Police said the suspect was armed with an assault rifle and a handgun.Police said the suspect was armed with an assault rifle and a handgun.
According to court documents, he was involved in a legal dispute over the firm's management of employees' retirement funds.According to court documents, he was involved in a legal dispute over the firm's management of employees' retirement funds.
Mr Hendron and some of his co-workers accused ABB's pension-review committee of causing their retirement accounts to include investment options with unreasonable and excessive fees and expenses.Mr Hendron and some of his co-workers accused ABB's pension-review committee of causing their retirement accounts to include investment options with unreasonable and excessive fees and expenses.
Police Captain Sam Dotson said officers were searching the factory room by room. Police officers searched the factory room by room. Forty to 50 workers were estimated to have been on the premises at the time, many of them hiding in offices or awaiting rescue on the roof.
"It's a very slow and methodical process and it will take several hours," he said.
About 40 to 50 workers were on the premises at the time, police said.
The factory is part of Swiss-based ABB engineering and makes power transformers.The factory is part of Swiss-based ABB engineering and makes power transformers.