In Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, a man strolled into Hartford Distributors at about 7 a.m. with a .223 caliber semiautomatic and opened fire, slaying nine people and wounding various others. Among those dead within the latest Connecticut shooting spree are union representative, truck drivers and a relative of the owner who worked there, as reported by the New York Times.
Is the Connecticut shooting linked to racism?
The Connecticut shooting suspect was an employee of the Hartford Distributors, a beer and distributor company. Omar S. Thornton, 34, worked for the company as a warehouse driver. He was allegedly caught on a surveillance camera stealing beer and was asked to resign from his post as he awaited a disciplinary listening to. Those close to him, nevertheless, believe racism may have influenced the Connecticut shooting, according to ABC News.
Joanne Hannah, mother of Thornton’s girlfriend, says that Thornton had complained about being racially harassed at work, claiming he discovered an image of “a noose and a racial epithet written on a bathroom wall.” Thornton, a black man, evidently went to his supervisors to report the problem, but not a soul took action or responded to his complaints. “Everybody’s got a breaking point,” Hannah said.
Connecticut shooting brings back other comparable stories
The recent Connecticut shooting spree that took place at Hartford Distribution is the nation’s deadliest rampage since the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting that occurred last November, an event that also involved a disgruntled worker. At one of the largest military bases within the United States, a military psychiatrist entered the facility and killed a total of 13 individuals and wounded 30 others.
Twenty four hours later on Friday Nov. 6, gunman Jason Rodriguez entered the offices of Reynolds Smith and Hills in Orlando, Fla., and shot six individuals and left one individual dead. The man was a previous employee of the firm, although he was fired from his position a couple years before the event. After being let go, Rodriguez began 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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