At about 7 a.m. Tuesday, a man strolled to the Hartford Distributors in Manchester, Conn., with a .223 caliber semiautomatic and opened fire, killing nine individuals and leaving a number of others injured. The latest Connecticut shooting spree, as outlined by the New York Times, claimed the lives of truck drivers, union representatives also as a relative of the owner who worked there.
Was racism the reason for the Connecticut shooting?
The suspect in the Connecticut shooting riot worked for Hartford Distributors, a beer and distributor business. Omar S. Thornton, who was 34-years old, was employed as a warehouse driver. Thornton was accused of stealing beer from the company and was asked to resign. He was awaiting a disciplinary listening to. According to ABC News, nevertheless, those close to the alleged gunman believe the Connecticut shooting may have been sparked by racism.
Joanne Hannah, mother of Thornton’s girlfriend of eight years, said Thornton had complained about racial harassment at work, saying he “found a picture of a noose and a racial epithet written on a bathroom wall.” Thornton, who was a black man, had apparently brought the issue up to his supervisors, but no one acknowledged his complaints. “Everybody’s got a breaking point,” stated Hannah.
Disgruntled worker makes headlines with Connecticut shooting
. A military psychiatrist entered one of the largest military bases within the United States and killed 13 people and left 30 others wounded.
On Friday Nov. 6, just 24 hours following the Fort Hood shooting, gunman Jason Rodriguez walked to the offices of Reynolds Smith and Hills in Orlando, Fla., and killed one person and wounded five others. The man was a previous employee of the firm, although he was fired from his position a couple years before the incident. After being let go, Rodriguez started working at Subway and has since filed for bankruptcy. According to CNN, when asked why he committed the terrible crime, Rodriguez replied: “Because they left me to rot.”
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