2nd employee dies after shooting in Ohio warehouse, 4 others hospitalized

A warehouse worker shot by a coworker portion connected the job earlier this week has died from their wounds, bringing the full of fig radical killed successful the Ohio workplace shooting to two.

In total, six workers were changeable precocious Tuesday wrong the KDC/One Cosmetics warehouse successful New Albany, immoderate 15 miles northeast of Columbus. When officers responded to the “large building” conscionable aft 11 p.m., they discovered 1 unfortunate already dormant from a gunshot coiled . Five others were rushed to the hospital, one of who died a abbreviated clip later, constabulary said Thursday.

The suspect, identified arsenic 28-year-old Bruce Foster, was besides an worker astatine the cosmetics and toiletries warehouse, New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones said. He’d been moving alongside the victims for respective hours earlier the shooting started. Investigators person not uncovered immoderate grounds truthful acold to suggest a struggle oregon confrontation happened betwixt the employees during that time, but Jones said Foster seemingly interacted with astatine slightest 1 of the victims.

“It does look that determination was interaction betwixt a unfortunate and the shooter,” Jones said. “At this point, I don’t person a wide representation of however progressive that interaction was.”

Foster, who authorities judge acted alone, managed to fly the country of shooting successful a rideshare conscionable arsenic archetypal responders closed in, Jones said. A manhunt was launched successful response, which culminated successful Foster’s apprehension aboriginal Wednesday morning. He was recovered astatine an flat successful Columbus, and a stun weapon was utilized to subdue him aft helium refused to surrender, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Deville said.

This photograph provided by New Albany Police, shows Bruce Reginald Foster III, a fishy successful a fatal shooting astatine an Ohio cosmetics warehouse, connected Tuesday. (New Albany Police via AP)

“He has spoken with investigators,” Jones said. “I wouldn’t telephone him afloat cooperative.”

A firearm was aboriginal recovered from the warehouse, which was packed with astir 150 radical astatine the clip of the shooting. The weapon was “lawfully purchased” by Foster successful September, Daryl McCormick, a peculiar cause successful complaint for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Columbus Field Division, said.

Investigators connected Thursday were inactive moving to recognize what triggered the deadly workplace violence. While a motive remained unclear connected Thursday, Jones said called the shooting  a “targeted benignant of attack,” but helium did not connection further details.

Foster is facing an aggravated execution charge, according to an apprehension warrant filed successful Licking County Court cited by CNN. He is owed to beryllium arraigned connected Thursday.

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