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As many as 35 shot at Indiana factory
Associated Press
December 6, 2001, 2:39 PM CST
GOSHEN, Ind. -- Police officers responded this afternoon to reports of as many as 35
people shot in a factory in an industrial park in northern Indiana, according to the
mayor of Goshen, Ind.
Mayor Allan Kauffman said he did not know whether anyone had been killed or how
serious the injuries were.
Police were working to secure the area, he said about 3:15 p.m. EST.
``They don�t know if the shooter or shooters are still in the area,�� Kauffman said.
``As of this minute the area is still not secured, so they don�t know if the shooter
is still there or not.��
Roy Beaupain, president of Economy Offset Printers, said his business was a neighbor
of Nu-Wood, where the shooting had occurred. He said he had not heard any gunshots.
``There are cops on the roof of a building east of Nu-Wood and the alley is filled
with cops, with guns drawn,�� Beaupain said.
Chris Barouska, parts manager at Ingersoll-Rand, said the shooting had occurred at the
neighboring factory Nu-Wood.
``The place is smothered in cops,�� Barouska said. ``Completely surround.��
Goshen General Hospital went on alert and was preparing for multiple patients in need
of medical treatment, said Virginia Forgey, a hospital marketing assistant.
Forgey did not know whether anyone had come through their emergency facility.
A Goshen police dispatcher would not provide any immediate information, but said that
all officers were being called in.
Officers from several departments were being sent to the scene, Indiana State Police
said.
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