Jonathon Russell

How they died

Suicide

Jonathon Russell killed three people and wounded four others at a manufacturing plant before shooting himself in front of police headquarters. Russell, an employee at the Modine Manufacturing, opened fire at around 10:45 p.m. shortly after arriving for the night shift. Russell first shot and killed two co-workers, Terry Wilson, 44, and Ricky Boortz, 29, then walked toward the exit, shooting supervisor Tim Wilbers, 44, who died enroute to the hospital. Russell then got into a pickup truck, drove about six miles into town and pulled into an alley next to police headquarters, where he was spotted by officer Patrick McCutcheon. As McCutcheon approached, Russell reportedly fired at least one shot and McCutcheon returned fire. It was unclear whether McCutcheon's shots also struck Russell.

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