Ex-postal employee kills six at Californian facility

31/01/2006 - 12:14:38
A female ex-postal worker opened fire at a mail processing plant, killing six people before committing suicide, authorities said early today.

One other person was listed in critical condition, authorities said.

Deputies responding to a call of shots fired late yesterday initially found two people dead outside the plant in Goleta.

Two others were located inside and were taken to a hospital. One died upon arrival. The other was critically wounded.

Deputies searching the plant about 2am (10am Irish time) found the bodies of three victims and the female attacker, who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Santa Barbara County Sheriff Jim Anderson.