Meridian, United States of America
LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEE SPEAKS ABOUT SHOOTING INCIDENT.
Lockheed Martin employee Melvin Young describes how he fled the gunman
as he opened fire on his colleagues inside the company plant (pictured
behind him), in Meridian, July 8, 2003. A worker who allegedly disliked
blacks opened fire at a Lockheed Martin aircraft parts factory in
eastern Mississippi on Tuesday, killing five co-workers before
committing suicide, police said. Eight other employees at the plant
near Meridian, Mississippi, were taken to local hospitals with gunshot
wounds, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie. Two others were
treated for shock. REUTERS/Molly Skipper