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Published 11:45 IST, June 27th 2020

US: 2 dead, 1 injured after warehouse shooting in Ill.

Two employees were killed and another was critically injured Friday morning at a warehouse in central Illinois, all apparently shot by a coworker who was found fatally shot in his car later in the day, police said.

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Two employees were killed and another was critically injured Friday morning at a warehouse in central Illinois, all apparently shot by a coworker who was found fatally shot in his car later in the day, police said.

Police Chief Kenny Winslow said the shooting happened shortly after 11 a.m. at the Bunn-O-Matic facility in Springfield.

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Winslow said the bodies of the two employees were found by police officers searching the building.

A female employee was found injured in the parking lot and was rushed to a hospital, he said.

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The sheriff of nearby Morgan County called the chief's office later in the day to say the suspect's body had been found in his car, a victim of a gunshot wound, Winslow said.

Winslow identified the gunman as 48-year-old Michael L. Collins of Springfield.

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Winslow refused to discuss a possible motive but said Collins knew all of his victims.

 

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Updated 11:45 IST, June 27th 2020