Authorities in Ohio on Wednesday arrested a suspect they said killed at least one person and injured five others during a shooting on Tuesday night at a warehouse in a Columbus suburb.
New Albany police said Bruce Reginald Foster was detained when officers executed a search warrant at a residence in the Weinland Park neighborhood of the city at about 10am. The police chief, Greg Jones, said Foster was a worker at the cosmetics warehouse.
At an earlier press conference, Jones said a firearm had been found in the facility, from which about 150 employees were evacuated, and that the incident appeared to be “a targeted type of attack” in which the shooter acted alone.
“We don’t have any reason to believe that anybody was an accomplice by helping him get here or escape,” he said.
“This has been a very tragic situation. Our thoughts go out to the victims, their families and everybody that works at this facility,” he said.
Police were called to the warehouse about 15 miles north-east of central Columbus at about 10.30pm on Tuesday, Jones said, adding that the first officers to arrive witnessed employees scrambling to exit the building.
One person was found dead, and five others who were shot were taken to local hospitals, according to Josh Poland, a spokesperson for the city of New Albany.
There was no immediate confirmation of their condition on Wednesday.
Jones said there was no report of a confrontation or dispute between Foster and any co-workers at the warehouse, where cosmetics and toiletries are manufactured and packaged.
Foster had been at work “for some time”, he said, and that a large overnight staff was working when the shooting took place.
He said interviews with witnesses were ongoing, but some were hampered by a language barrier, CBS News reported.
“A lot of them didn’t know what happened. They weren’t aware of it until they were evacuated,” Jones said.
The Associated Press contributed reporting
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