Gunman Fatally Shot After Opening Fire On Coworkers In Hesston, Kansas

By Bob Owens | 8:00 PM | February 25, 2016

BREAKING: An active shooter has been reported at Excel Industries in Hesston. We are gathering details

— KAKE Monica Castro (@KAKEmonica) February 25, 2016

Details are just starting to come in about a workplace shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas.

Walton said the shooter was an employee, and he was killed by authorities.

Walton said as many three people were killed. As many as 20 people were hurt. Walton said there are four to five crime scenes in this case.

We’ll update when we have more confirmed information.

Employees are identifying the murderer as a black male painter employed by the company. We do not give mass killers the celebrity they desire, but we have found the Facebook profile of the murderer, which includes the photos of what we believe to be the firearms used in the attack.

The murderer is a convicted felon with multiple convictions for burglary, grand theft, and other charges in Florida.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.