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U.S. NEWS Thursday 15 June 2017

Panicked UPS workers flee California gunfire that killed 4

By PAUL ELIAS sive police response in
JOCELYN GECKER one of the city’s industrial
Associated Press neighborhoods, about 2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — miles from downtown San
A UPS employee opened Francisco, Assistant Po-
fire at one of the compa- lice Chief Toney Chaplin
ny’s package delivery fa- told reporters.Officials, UPS
cilities in San Francisco on employees and witnesses
Wednesday, killing three described other scenes of
co-workers and then him- chaos as shots rang out
self as officers closed in during a morning meeting
and workers ran frantically before drivers were sent
into the streets, police and on their delivery routes.
company officials said. Neighbor Raymond Deng
Fleeing a barrage of gun- said he heard up to eight
fire, some workers sought rapid gunshots.
refuge on the roof of the “They were all in rapid
4-story facility and others succession,” said Deng, a
ran outside and pounded 30-year-old tech worker
on the windows of a public who lives across the street
bus, witnesses said. from the warehouse. “It
“They were banging on the was like tat, tat, tat, tat, tat,
bus and they were scream- tat, tat.” UPS workers gather outside a UPS package delivery warehouse where a shooting took place
ing, “Go! Go! Go!’” said Police arrived in minutes. Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in San Francisco. A UPS spokesman says four people were injured in
Jessica Franklin, 30, who Officers found wounded the shooting at the facility and that the shooter was an employee.
was riding the bus to work victims and pulled them to (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
when it made a regular safety and then confront- not determined a motive. clear how many employ- told KNTV that he recog-
stop in front of the UPS facil- ed the gunman, who was Mayor Ed Lee condemned ees were at the facility, but nized the gunman as a fel-
ity. “As they got on the bus, armed with an “assault pis- the violence and praised UPS said the warehouse low employee, but he did
they were all ducking.” tol,” Chaplin said. authorities for a “very pro- employs 350 people. not know him personally.
Two other United Parcel “The suspect put the gun to active response.”“It could The shooter and all the vic- “I just started running out
Service employees were his head and discharged have been worse,” he said, tims were employees, UPS like crazy, like I’ve never run
wounded in the shoot- the weapon,” Chaplin said, “lives were saved today.” said in a statement. before,” Calderon told the
ing that prompted a mas- adding that police have It was not immediately UPS driver Marvin Calderon TV station. q
Health chief, 4 others charged with manslaughter in Flint

By DAVID EGGERT in a criminal investigation 15 years in prison. “We only file criminal Darnell Earley, who was
Associated Press of how the city’s water sys- “The health crisis in Flint charges when evidence of Flint’s emergency manag-
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Five tem became poisoned af- has created a trust crisis probable cause of a crime er when the city used the
people, including the head ter officials tapped the Flint for Michigan government, has been established. And river; Howard Croft, who
of Michigan’s health de- River in 2014. exposing a serious lack we’re not filing charges at ran Flint’s public works de-
partment, were charged Lyon, 48, the director of the of confidence in leaders this time,” he said. partment; Liane Shekter
Wednesday with involun- Health and Human Services who accept responsibility Lyon also is charged with Smith; and Stephen Busch.
tary manslaughter in an Department, is accused of and solve problems,” said misconduct in office for Shekter Smith and Busch
investigation of Flint’s lead- failing to alert the majority- state Attorney General allegedly obstructing uni- were state environmental
contaminated water, all black population about an Bill Schuette, who said his versity researchers who regulators.Prosecutors also
blamed in the death of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ probe is moving to the trial are studying if the surge in brought charges Wednes-
85-year-old man who had disease in the Flint area, phase and signaled that cases was linked to the Flint day against a sixth person
Legionnaires’ disease. which has been linked by Snyder, who has apolo- River. — the state’s chief medical
Nick Lyon is the highest- some experts to poor water gized for his administra- The others charged with officer, Dr. Eden Wells, 54,
ranking member of Repub- quality in 2014-15. tion’s failures that led to involuntary manslaugh- who is accused of obstruc-
lican Gov. Rick Snyder’s ad- An involuntary manslaugh- and prolonged the crisis, ter were already facing tion of justice and lying to
ministration to be snagged ter conviction carries up to may not be charged. other charges. They are: an investigator.q