3 dead in plant shooting in East Tennessee
ATHENS, Tenn. — Three people died Thursday in a shooting at an east Tennessee factory, police said.
The shooter’s body was found in a bathroom, dead of what “appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Athens Police Chief Charles Ziegler said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified him as Ricky Swafford, 45.
The victims were James Zotter, 44, and Sandra Cooley, 68, according to the TBI. All three of the dead were employees of the plant.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2d43QH4 ) said the shooting was reported around 4:15 p.m. at Thomas & Betts Corp. Police arrived to find people “streaming” from all exits, Ziegler said.