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In this world, There is no safe place

Denver shooting leaves two dead, five injured
Denver Safeway Distribution employee, Michael Ford, went on a shooting spree at his work place Sunday, killing one and injuring five others, two critically. More than 150 employees were evacuated as officers sealed off the building. Police shot and killed Ford when he opened fire on them.

"I've never been through anything like this," said Scott Stroman, a meat dept employee who had been working for less than a month.

Police had received a number of 911 calls regarding the shooting by 3:15pm. About an hour later after entering the building, police located Ford, who fired on officers with a handgun, wounding SWAT officer Derick Dominguez in the left hip. Another officer then shot and killed Ford.

Safeway spokesman Jeff Stroh said Ford had been working in the produce dept picking orders. He was shocked such a shooting would occur at his workplace. "Where I work everybody gets along." he said.

Grief counselors were scheduled to speak to the 150 people who were working at the warehouse when the shooting took place, and for any other employees who seek mental health help.

"Whenever work place violence occurs, you really have to take a step back and look at what you're doing," spokesman Jeff Stroh said.


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Moscow man confesses to 69 murders

A 32-year-old Moscow man, arrested Sunday on suspicion of murdering a woman last week in Bittsevsky Park, has confessed to killing a total of 69 people. If guilty, Alexander P., as police are calling him, would be Russia's most prolific known serial killer and worse than Russia's other notorious serial killer, Andre Chikatilo, who killed 53 victims.

In the confession, the man said he had been terrorizing Bittsevsky Park since 2000, killing mostly elderly men. Officials at the Moscow Prosecutors Office said it is too early to confirm if the man is in fact guilty.

In March 2006, 200 Moscow police launched a manhunt for the Bittsevsky Park killer. At that time they shot and briefly detained a man as a suspect in the murders. He was later found innocent and released from custody.