Tag: Murder

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“Employee Kills 8 Co-Workers, Then Himself”

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Omar Thornton, pictured here, worked for a beer and wine distributor in Manchester, CT. Thornton opened fire on his boss and co-workers yesterday; after a meeting where he was confronted for stealing beer.

Thornton, 34, worked for several years at the company as a driver, and at a 7 a.m. meeting, he was shown videotapes of him stealing and offered the choice to quit or be fired.

Steve Hollander, whose family owns the business, said Thornton didn’t contest the accusation or get angry, but calmly chose to quit.

Several minutes later, Thornton got up and just started firing a handgun. He ran along a loading platform shooting some and sparing others.

Thornton shot himself in an office area after SWAT teams entered the building and closed in on him at about 9 a.m.

Thornton, in the 10-minute phone call with his mother, Lily, admitted he had just killed a bunch of people and was about to turn the gun on himself.

He said he was sorry and wanted to say goodbye. She pleaded with him to change his mind, to no avail.

“The last words he told his mother was that he loved her and that they just pushed him over the edge,” said Thornton’s cousin Annette Levine. “Omar has never been in trouble before. He has no criminal record.”

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“The City Settles With Sean Bell’s Estate”

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And boy did they get P.A.I.D.!!!

Nicole Paultre Bell and her children will receive 3.25 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city as apart of a wrongful death settlement.

As part of the $7 million settlement, the city will fork over $3.25 million to Bell’s family estate.

Bell’s friends, Joseph Guzman, 35, who was shot 11 times, will receive $3 million and Trent Benefield, 27, who was hit three times, will get $900,000.

They might not have received justice in this case but those settlement figures and amounts should surely give them some “peace”.

But the good right Reverend Al Sharpton chimed in with this statement: “They must all provide for their families, but this in no way mitigates or repairs the permanent damage done to them and the pain it has caused them forever”  – “Nor does it diminish the outrage in the community.”

Bell was gunned down outside the Club Kalua strip club in Queens on Nov. 25, 2006 on what was supposed to be his wedding day.
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“Prominent CEO From Atlanta Killed By Cop”

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DeFarra Gaymon, pictured above, lived in Montclair, NJ and was home for his 30 year class reunion.

Gaymon was the CEO of a credit union and returned to NJ as one of the organizer’s of his 30 year class reunion, which took place Friday July 16.

Essex County prosecutors said, Gaymon was unarmed when he was shot in the chest by an undercover detective.

Supposedly, the undercover officer (whose name is not being released), was dispatched to the scene after complaints about sexual activity in Branch Brook Park. An area in the park known for homosexual activity.

According to the detective, who has not yet made an official statement to investigators, Gaymon was involved in an illicit act in public and ran when told, he was under arrest.

Gaymon who was married with 2 daughters and 2 sons and reside in Atlanta, was unarmed.

The undercover detective who shot unarmed Gaymon, was treated at University hospital and medicated due to trauma. Sounds fishy to me.

The investigation into last Friday’s shooting is ongoing, as Gaymon’s family seek answers for such a tragic turn of events.

Thanks to loyal CEO-Blog reader Theresa B. 🙂 for the story tip.