KATY, Texas (AP) — A man dismissed last month from a Houston-area transportation company stormed into the facility and opened fire on Wednesday, fatally shooting a former co-worker and injuring two others before turning the gun on himself, saying his life had been ruined, sheriff’s officials said.
The man was armed with a shotgun and a pistol when he arrived at the Knight Transportation office in Katy, about 20 miles west of Houston, according to Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman. The sheriff said the man “parked right outside the building and came straight in.â€
The man was heard by workers saying something to the effect of “you all ruined my life†as he walked through the building and may have been looking for someone, sheriff’s spokesman Ralph Gonzales said.
The gunman fatally shot one man, who was found dead at the scene by responding officers. Two other workers were injured by shrapnel or other debris from the gunfire, and both were treated at the scene, Gonzales said.
The names of the gunman and the victims haven’t been released. The sheriff said one deputy injured his knee during the incident.
Hickman had no information on how long the man had been employed by Knight Transportation, which provides truckload transportation services.