Overview
- The shooting occurred at Barku Plastics in Cleveland, Tennessee, the U.S. subsidiary of Germany’s Barnstorfer Kunststofftechnik.
- Local police confirmed the two victims were German citizens and said evidence at the scene showed fatal gunshot wounds.
- The suspected attacker was a 38-year-old American employed at the plant who fled, barricaded himself in a nearby home, and was found dead; authorities say he apparently died by suicide.
- NBC News and ABC News reported the suspect was in a termination process, but investigators have not established a definitive motive.
- Cleveland police, with support from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, are leading the probe after a multi-hour standoff that used robots and a drone to enter the residence.