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Suspected Ex-Employee Found Dead After Killing 2 at Tennessee Plastics Plant

Officials await medical examiner confirmation of the suspected gunman's identity.

Overview

  • Police say two Barku Plastics supervisors, Vice President Tobias Gleinig and Ivan Aldergot, were fatally shot Monday morning in Cleveland, Tennessee.
  • Both victims were German citizens working at the U.S. subsidiary of Germany-based Barku Kunststofftechnik.
  • Officers identified a possible shooter and tracked a linked vehicle to a Bradley County residence outside the city limits.
  • After a multi-hour SWAT standoff, robots and a drone were deployed into the home, where the suspect was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
  • Investigators believe the gunman was a former Barku employee, and a multi-agency investigation remains active as the medical examiner prepares to release the name.