According to the Associated Press, “work has resumed at a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee shot five people dead and killed himself early Wednesday morning. Police say 25-year-old Wesley N. Higdon fatally shot his supervisor and four others early Wednesday and then turned the gun on himself. Another person was wounded in the shooting. Police say the shooting happened hours after an argument between Higdon and a supervisor over safety goggles and cell phone use on the assembly line.”

It is sadly ironic that our firm has been providing Workplace Violence trainings along with Holland & Hart, LLP throughout the greater Denver area over the past several months. Our Workplace Violence training has become increasingly popular as more organizations are getting serious about this topic and learning how to prevent these tragedies. Four more trainings/seminars are already planned for later this summer and fall.

Also, I’m sure we’ll receive a phone call or two from the media to comment on this event because of our Behavioral Science expertise in this area. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and co-workers affected by this most recent shooting.