Now, I'm not a fan of what WalMart does as a corporate entity, but this is unbelievable

[thewayne]

Glendale, Arizona, suberb of Phoenix. A 51 year old guy pulls into a WalMart parking lot, pulls out a gun and murders two employees gathering shopping carts, multiple gunshot wounds to both. Gets back into his car and drives off. Fortunately someone follows him, gets the license plate number, and he's arrested soon after.

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1079780&tw=wn_wire_story

It used to be that convenience and liquor store clerks were considered high-risk jobs. Add one to that list.

Comments

[magic-rat.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's fair to generalize that being a Walmart employee is now a dangerous occupation. Remember back in the Eighties when that guy in Southern California went berserk with a semi-automatic rifle in a MacDonalds? Did that make working in a MacDonalds a dangerous occupation?

Some wackos are violent nutjobs, and nobody can predict what will set them off or where they will finally lose it. I just hope that we don't see a copycat in the east Valley so Ken will be safe (although I think that the next violent nutjob to go off will likely be at Ikea).

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

According to NPR today, the guy was mental. So we'll see what becomes of it.

I wasn't serious about WalMart becoming a high-risk occupation, more akin to driving on the Ohio Turnpike before they caught that sniper.

Everything has risks, you just wouldn't associate driving on a turnpike or collecting grocery carts to be among them.