TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A recently disciplined auto worker burst into a Jeep factory with a shotgun and opened fire, killing a supervisor and wounding two others, before fatally shooting himself.
The shootings at the Jeep Liberty Plant began about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday when the gunman leveled the shotgun he had hidden under his coat at a woman and told her he was there to shoot three people, police Chief Mike Navarre said.
"He gave her three names. He told her who he wanted and who he was going to shoot," Navarre said.
The woman, who was not harmed, got on a radio and called one of the men. A supervisor walked into the office, and the gunman shot him. The supervisor later died.
The woman then ran out of the office and warned co-workers over the radio, Navarre said. The police chief said he did not know if the two other victims didn't hear the women's plea on the radio or if they were already in the office.
Police identified the gunman as Myles Meyers, 54, of Toledo. By the time police arrived, Meyers had killed himself. The conditions of the injured workers -- one of whom was also a supervisor -- were not released.
The bomb squad was called when police noticed wires coming out from under Meyers' coat, apparently from a homemade wire sling he had used to conceal the weapon. Police also said he had strapped a stuffed animal to the back of his neck.
Dispatchers received 15 to 20 calls from people inside the auto plant after the shooting, and employees were running out of the building when authorities arrived. Officers were chasing the employees, not knowing who the shooter was, and not realizing he was already dead.
"It was pretty chaotic for a good 20 to 25 minutes," Navarre said.
Mary Beth Halprin, a spokeswoman for Chrysler Group, a division of Jeep's parent company DaimlerChrysler, said Meyers was disciplined recently for a minor infraction, but did not have details.
No one answered the door at Meyers' house, which is about four miles from the plant. A woman who answered the telephone at the home early Thursday said she had no comment and hung up.
The supervisor who died was identified as Roy Thacker, 50, of the town of Oregon, according to a coroner's investigator. He died at a hospital.
Worker Mike DeYoung told The (Toledo) Blade in Thursday editions that Meyers reported for his shift Wednesday afternoon, left during his lunch hour, and returned with the shotgun.
"I have been here 30 years. This is the worst day of my life," he told the newspaper.
