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Man Beheaded Co-Worker in Moore, Oklahoma, Workplace Attack: Police - NBC News
Absolutely ****ing horrible. I really don't know what else to say - I'm in shock after hearing about this.
Prayers for the families of the victims.
A fired Oklahoma food processing plant employee who proselytized for Islam beheaded a co-worker and seriously injured another before the owner of the plant shot and wounded him, police said Friday. Moments after Alton Nolen, 30, was let go from Vaughan Foods in Moore, he drove to another part of the facility and walked into a front office where he attacked 54-year-old Colleen Hufford,police said.
He used a "standard" knife — similar to the ones found at the facility — to allegedly behead Hufford. Then, he used the same knife to repeatedly stab Traci Johnson, 43, who suffered numerous wounds and remained in stable condition Friday, police said. "He obviously was trying to kill her, too," Moore police Sgt. Jeremy Lewis said at a news conference. He added that Nolen had no relationship with either victim, who were simply in his way when he flew into a rage.
Mark Vaughan, who is both the company's president and chief operating officer and a reserve deputy with the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office, shot Nolen as he attacked the second victim. Nolen was taken to the hospital, where he is expected to survive. Police say that once he becomes coherent he will be interviewed and charged.
Absolutely ****ing horrible. I really don't know what else to say - I'm in shock after hearing about this.
Prayers for the families of the victims.