SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP): The Latest on apparent murder-suicide at a southern Indiana factory (all times local):
11 a.m.
Indiana’s governor is calling the apparent murder-suicide at a Seymour factory a senseless act of violence.
State police say one person was fatally shot Thursday morning at a Cummins Inc. engine factory and that the assailant then died by suicide. Police haven’t yet released their identities or the circumstances of their deaths.
Gov. Mike Pence says in a statement that “our hearts go out to the family of the victim” and commended police for a swift response to the shooting.
The Cummins Seymour Engine Plant is about 60 miles south of Indianapolis and has several hundred employees.
Our hearts go out to the family of the victim of this senseless act of violence at the Cummins plant in Seymour earlier today
— Governor Mike Pence (@GovPenceIN) March 10, 2016
10:25 a.m.
State police say two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a Cummins Inc. engine factory in southern Indiana.
Sgt. Stephen Wheeles says preliminary reports are that one person was shot dead Thursday morning at the Cummins plant in Seymour and that the assailant then died by suicide.
Police have yet to release their identities or the circumstances of their deaths. The (Seymour) Tribune reports police were called about 8:40 a.m.
Cummins spokesman Jon Mills says the company’s facilities in Seymour and Columbus are on lockdown while the attack is investigated. The newspaper says workers have been escorted from the building.
The Cummins Seymour Engine Plant, about 60 miles south of Indianapolis, has several hundred employees. The Columbus-based company makes generators and engines used in trucking, farming and construction
equipment.
With sadness, we confirm there was a shooting at the Cummins Seymour Technical Center this morning. (1 of 4)
— Cummins Inc. (@Cummins) March 10, 2016
Authorities confirm there are two fatalities, both Cummins employees, and the all-clear for the facility has been given. (2 of 4)
— Cummins Inc. (@Cummins) March 10, 2016
