The Associated Press
GLEN BURNIE, Md.- A fired employee shot two supervisors at a food distribution business Wednesday, then shot himself in the head just outside the front door, authorities the business owner said.
Both victims were in stable condition at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, said Lt. David Waltemeyer, a police spokesman. He said the shooter was in critical condition.
George Wagner, the owner of the business, told WJZ-TV in Baltimore that the shooter walked into H&M Wagner and Sons through the front door. He said the victims were both supervisors, and that one was shot in the leg and the other was shot in the stomach.
“All he had to do was take about 12 steps, and (he) started firing,” Wagner said.
The company had fired the man several weeks earlier, Waltemeyer said. According to Wagner, he had been a truck driver for the company for about four years.
Investigators were trying to determine his motive for the shootings and pin down exactly why he was fired, Waltemeyer said. The victims were shot around 2 p.m. at the company’s large headquarters and warehouse in Glen Burnie, about 10 miles south of Baltimore.
Police said investigators were still trying to determine a motive.
H&M Wagner is an independent food distributor with customers in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, according to its Web site.
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