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Meridan Lockheed worker fatally shoots five then kills self
A Lockheed Martin plant in Meridian Mississippi erupted in gunfire during a morning break as 48 year old Doug Williams opened fire with a shotgun and semiautomatic rifle. Five coworkers died and as many as eight were wounded in the attack. Williams was described as a racist hothead who had threatened coworkers. He killed himself after the rampage. The dead included Lanette McCall Micky Fitzgerald Sam Cockrell Thomas Willis and Charlie Miller. Authorities said the shooting appeared random with no clear race or gender target. Co workers recalled Williams expressing violent fantasies and hostility toward blacks.
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Meridian
Miss
Lockheed Martin
Doug Williams
Booker Steverson
Williams
Hubert Threat
Lanette McCall
Cuba
Ala
Micky Fitzgerald
Little Rock
Sam Cockrell
Thomas Willis
Lisman
Charlie Miller
Billy Sollie
Cerned
Sollie
Jim Payton
Steverson
Payton
Bobby McCall
McCall
Russell Wright
Ricky Roberts
Brandie Tiller