Footage of Kentucky shooting released

Updated 13.58 Wed Jul 16 2008
Keywords: Kentucky, Wesley N Higdon, plastics plant, shooting

A surveillance video has been released of shooting spree at a plastics plant in Kentucky.

Last month, 25-year-old Wesley N Higdon killed five of his co-workers and then turned the gun on himself.

It is thought that the killings occured after Higdon got into an argument with his supervisor about not wearing safety goggles and using his mobile phone on the assembly line.

It is thought that the killings occured after Higdon got into an argument with his supervisor about not wearing safety goggles and using his mobile phone on the assembly line.

Police say the row escalated to the point where Higdon shot his supervisor Kevin G Taylor outside the plant then when inside and killed four others before taking his own life.

A sixth shooting victim survived. The incident has sent shock waves through the small town of Henderson, that has a population of 28,000, and where many residents know or are related to people who work at the Atlanta-based Atlantis Plastics plant.

The factory employs about 160 people and makes parts for refrigerators and plastic siding for homes.

Factory manager Dean Jorgenson said: "This is a very devastating blow to us at this plant and our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. This is a loss for them that is beyond description and to us and to the community."

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