At Least Four People Killed in Shooting at Kansas Factory, Police Said

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46. Kansas Gunman Issued Restraining Order at Scene of Deadly Shooting Before Killings, Cops Say

Source: ABC News

Kansas Gunman Issued Restraining Order at Scene of Deadly Shooting Before Killings, Cops Say

By KELLY STEVENSONJULIA JACOBO EMILY SHAPIRO Feb 26, 2016, 9:40 AM ET

Cedric Larry Ford, who allegedly killed three people and injured 14 others Thursday before police killed him, had been served shortly before with a restraining order meant to keep him away from a former girlfriend, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said.

The order was served at Excel Industries -- where the suspect worked -- and the scene of the final and deadly shooting. Walton said Ford, 38, a Newton resident, was served with the order about 90 minutes before the first shooting, at about 3:30 p.m.

"It's normal when someone gets served a protection of abuse order" to be upset, Walton said this morning, explaining that Ford's behavior wasn't abnormal when he was served.

Walton told ABC News that investigators still have many interviews to conduct but, at this point, his domestic troubles appear to have possibly been a trigger.

Ford died in a gun battle when a police officer shot him despite taking fire. Walton said today Ford would have kept shooting if a police officer had not stopped him.

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Source: Associated Press

Man who attacked Kansas factory is identified; restraining order may have led to rampage

By Associated Press
FEBRUARY 26, 2016 6:53 AM | REPORTING FROM HESSTON, KANSAS

Authorities have identified a man who opened fire on the central Kansas factory where he worked, killing three people and wounding many others, as 38-year-old Cedric Ford.

Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said Friday that Ford was served with a protection from abuse order about 90 minutes before the attacks began Thursday evening. He says Ford shot and wounded three people before storming the Excel Industries lawnmower parts factory in Hesston and shooting 15 others, killing three of them. A police officer killed Ford during an exchange of gunfire.

Public records show that Ford has several previous offenses in Florida over the last decade, including burglary, grand theft and fleeing from an officer. Online records show he was released from the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections in February 2007.

In Kansas, he had a misdemeanor conviction in a 2008 fighting or brawling case and various traffic violations from 2014 and 2015.

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