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| Kansas factory shooting: Police confirm casualties in Hesston | Kansas factory shooting: Police confirm casualties in Hesston |
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| A mass shooting has taken place in the US state of Kansas, police say. | A mass shooting has taken place in the US state of Kansas, police say. |
| The suspected gunman was an employee at a lawnmower factory in the town of Hesston, police said. He was later killed by officers. | The suspected gunman was an employee at a lawnmower factory in the town of Hesston, police said. He was later killed by officers. |
| Up to 20 people were injured in the attack at the Excel Industries factory, County Sheriff T Walton said. | Up to 20 people were injured in the attack at the Excel Industries factory, County Sheriff T Walton said. |
| Sheriff Walton said up to four people may have been killed but local reporters tweeted that the only person confirmed dead was the gunman. | Sheriff Walton said up to four people may have been killed but local reporters tweeted that the only person confirmed dead was the gunman. |
| Local TV station KSN-TV showed police vehicles at the factory and at least one person being loaded into an ambulance. | Local TV station KSN-TV showed police vehicles at the factory and at least one person being loaded into an ambulance. |
| 'He looked right at me' | |
| Factory employee Martin Espinoza described how the gunman, a colleague who he said usually had a calm demeanour, attempted to shoot him. | |
| The gunman pointed his gun at Mr Espinoza and pulled the trigger, but the weapon was empty. Mr Espinoza then ran away as the gunman took out a second gun. | |
| "I looked right at him and he looked right at me," Mr Espinoza said. | |
| Another witness described scenes of panic. | |
| "All I know is I'm seeing people running and so I'm assuming fire, and so I take a few steps and I hear pop, pop and I'm thinking just some paint cans or something going up, and more people running and all of a sudden, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop and I'm going, ahh, I start running too," said one man. | "All I know is I'm seeing people running and so I'm assuming fire, and so I take a few steps and I hear pop, pop and I'm thinking just some paint cans or something going up, and more people running and all of a sudden, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop and I'm going, ahh, I start running too," said one man. |
| The sheriff said there were "a number of crime scenes involved" in the incident. | The sheriff said there were "a number of crime scenes involved" in the incident. |
| "There's going to be a lot of sad people before this is over," he said. | "There's going to be a lot of sad people before this is over," he said. |