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Employment Network News Violence and Death in the Workplace -
America's Under Reported Story Published on 15 September 1989, BOSTON GLOBE CO-WORKER WITH ASSAULT RIFLE KILLS 7, WOUNDS 13 IN KY. LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man with an assault rifle mowed down co-workers as he went from floor to floor "looking for bosses" at a printing plant yesterday, killing seven persons and wounding 13 before taking his own life. Police said Joseph T. Wesbecker, 47, had been on permanent disability, was being treated for mental disorders and reportedly had threatened the company. He carried several semiautomatic weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunitionPublished on 15 September 1989, LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER 'HE SAID BEFORE HE LEFT, HE'D GET EVEN' LOUISVILLE -- The thing Dee Meredith remembered most about Joseph T. Wesbecker was the way he walked. "He swaggered like. It was an arrogant walk, just straight ahead with his shoulders back, and he didn't look to the left or the right," Mrs. Meredith said of her neighbor yesterday. "It was queer just to see him walk like that. It was almost as if he'd been taught to walk that way." Published on 16 September 1989, BOSTON GLOBE KILLER DENIED HAVING MENTAL PROBLEMS, RIFLE SELLER SAYS LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A printing plant worker disabled by mental illness denied he had mental problems on a questionnaire when he bought the AK-47 rifle he used to slaughter seven former co-workers, the owner of a gun shop said yesterday. Police said Joseph T. Wesbecker was armed with several semiautomatic weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition Thursday as he went from floor to floor at the Standard Gravure Corp. plant GUNMAN REFUSED TO GO TO HOSPITAL 3 DAYS BEFORE RAMPAGE LOUISVILLE -- A psychiatrist's notes show that Joseph Wesbecker rejected the doctor's suggestion to enter a hospital three days before Wesbecker went on a killing rampage at Standard Gravure Corp. in downtown Louisville. Dr. Lee A. Coleman's records show that, during a Sept. 11 session, Wesbecker wept and exhibited "tangential thought" and "increased level of agitation and anger." |
