WASHINGTON: A gunman killed five employees of one of America's best-known breweries on Wednesday before turning the weapon on himself in the latest burst of mass gun violence in the US.
Police and emergency officials work at a shooting scene at the Molson Coors headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS"This is an unspeakable tragedy for our city," Barrett said at the same press conference.President Donald Trump earlier gave the first official word of the toll.
US media including ABC News and the local Fox affiliate reported the shooter had been fired earlier in the day from the beer giant, which owns the Coors and Miller brands. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel quoted the husband of a brewery employee, Lasonya Ragdales, as saying she was informed by the company of an active shooter on the premises, and was texting him while locked in a room with co-workers.Known until last year as MillerCoors, the brewer announced in October that it would undergo a large restructuring and officially changed its name to Molson Coors Brewing Co.
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