Tyson employee who was suspended opens fire at plant

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) -- A Tyson Foods Inc. employee who had just been suspended from his job returned to the poultry processing plant carrying two pistols and opened fire, wounding a co-worker before police shot the gunman, officials said.
The victim was shot in the groin but listed in good condition at a hospital Thursday morning. The 24-year-old suspected gunman was in critical condition.
The worker had been escorted out of the plant Wednesday evening but reappeared later that night with weapons, Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said. Between 400 and 500 people were evacuated from the plant.
Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Jefferson County deputy sheriffs and local police responded. There was a brief standoff and officers from both agencies fired, he said.
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