What the records say
- When
- 3 Aug 2010
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 9
- Coordinates
- 41.80° N, 72.57° W
- Description
- Workplace Shooting
- Injured
- 2
Hartford Distributors shooting
2010 mass shooting in Connecticut, U.S.
The Hartford Distributors shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on August 3, 2010, in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. The location of the crime was a warehouse owned by Hartford Distributors, a beer distribution company. The gunman, former employee Omar Sheriff Thornton shot and killed eight male coworkers before committing suicide.
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