Gunman kills 3 in factory before dying in shootout

Many victims were coworkers and attacker appears to have opened fire at random, police say

A gunman killed three people on Thursday at a manufacturing plant in central Kansas where he worked, and wounded 14 others in a shooting spree spanning several miles that ended when a lone officer killed the suspect, authorities said.

While many of his victims were coworkers, overall the attacker appears to have opened fire at random, said Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton of the mass killing that struck fear in Hesston and the town's major employer, a lawnmower manufacturing company.