Gunman Kills One, Wounds Three At Auto Plant

A man dressed “like Rambo” and carrying an AK-47 shot his way into a Ford plant Thursday, killing a manager and wounding three other people as he sprayed gunfire through the building and then outside at a highway.

The gunman was arrested after hiding in a drain tunnel for several hours. He was not a Ford employee and apparently went to the plant to see a girlfriend who worked there, said spokesman Bill Carroll.

“He was confronted by security guards at the door and asked to leave,” Carroll said. “He then pulled out an assault rifle and started shooting. That resulted in chaos and panic and everyone ran.”

About 200 day-shift workers were on their lunch break when the suspect, who was not immediately identified, walked into the cafeteria wearing camouflage fatigues. One employee said “he looked like Rambo” and others were struck by his calm as he reloaded the assault weapon.

The gunman fired round after round as he moved through the 4.2-million-square-foot facility.

Manufacturing Planning Manager Darrell Izzard, the plant’s No. 2 official, was walking down a hallway when he was fatally shot. “We think it was a random thing,” Carroll said.