Among those killed at the plant in Illinois was an intern who worked for the company the first day

Police unveiled the names of those killed during February 15 shooting at Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora (Illinois).

Shooter gary martin.
Photo: Aurora Illinois police department

Among them was an intern who worked in the company for the first day, reports CNN.

According to police, three of the victims, including two who worked in the personnel department, were killed during a meeting at which Martin was informed of his dismissal. Two others were killed in another part of the warehouse with an area of ​​29 000 square feet (2 694 square meters).

During the incident killed:

• Trevor Venus, a student at Northern Illinois University who was an intern in human resources. He lived in Sheridan, Illinois. Friday was his first working day as an intern at this company. He was to receive a graduate degree in May 2019, with a degree in personnel management.
• Clayton Parks from Elgin, Illinois. He was a personnel manager at Henry Pratt Co. He also graduated from Northern Illinois University, graduated from 2014 in the year to work for Henry Pratt Co. the man started in November 2018.
• Russell Beyer from Yorkville, Illinois, was the operator at the warehouse. He worked for the company for more than 20 years and was chairman of the trade union of its employees.
• Vicente Juarez from Oswego, Illinois, worked in a warehouse and serviced the company's loaders. He joined Henry Pratt Co. in 2006 year.
• Josh pinkard, also from Oswego, was the chief manager of the plant. He joined the company 13 years ago and initially worked at the plant in Alabama, he began managing the plant in Aurora in the spring of 2018.

When asked by journalists about why Venus, the intern on the first day of work, took part in a difficult meeting on the dismissal of a long-time employee, Scott Hall, the general director of the Mueller Water Products company that owns the plant, barely restrained his tears, and after a short pause he answered: “This is a really difficult question . I don't think we ever thought about it. ”

Another factory employee and five policemen were injured during the shooting. Their injuries are not considered life threatening, they receive help in local hospitals.

The age of the wounded from 24 to 53 years, they served in the local police station from 4 to 30 years.

One of the wounded officers was discharged from the hospital already on Friday, while the second was sent home by doctors on Saturday.

The sixth officer, who is 23 of the year, suffered a minor injury during the incident, not related to shooting.

45-year-old Gary Martin, who killed five employees at the Henry Pratt Co. plant. in Aurora (Illinois) and injuring five police officers after he was fired from his job, was deprived of a license to carry weapons five years ago after checking his biographical data, during which a criminal charge against him in Mississippi surfaced.

Aurora Police Chief Kristen Zieman said investigators are trying to figure out why Martin had a Smith & Wesson pistol despite being denied a license to carry a weapon. USA Today.

“There was absolutely no suggestion that he had a gun,” Ziman said.

Scott Hall, the owner of Mueller Water Products, said that Martin was fired for "repeated various violations of the rules of conduct in the workplace." He refused to specify information about violations.

Hall said the company was checking Martin’s biography before hiring 15 years ago. According to him, the conviction imposed on the criminal in 1995 in Mississippi did not surface then. Hall clarified that Martin worked part of the workday on Friday, before he was called into the meeting room, where he was informed of his dismissal. Nine workers were in stock at the time of the shooting.

Surveillance cameras are installed outside the building, but they are not indoors.

Ziman told reporters that Martin had six arrests in the past, including one in 2008 for domestic violence and one in 2017 for hooliganism and causing material damage.

She said that following a background check in January 2014, he was granted a firearm license in Illinois, which allowed him to purchase a Smith & Wesson pistol from a local dealer on March 11, 2014. The police assume that this is the weapon he used during the shooting.

Five days later, when he applied for concealed weapons, which requires more careful verification of biographical data, his fingerprints showed that he was convicted of a felony in Mississippi in 1995, and the permission to carry weapons was revoked.

“During a fingerprinting and background check, it was discovered that he was convicted of aggravated assault in Mississippi,” Ziman said.

For more information about the shooter, the stories of his neighbors and acquaintances read on link.

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