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June 27, 2006
US: Denver Warehouse Shooter a Muslim; Motivation "Unknown"
Last Sunday, Michael Ford, a worker at a Denver warehouse, arrived at his workplace, exchanged greetings, and began hunting his co-workers with a long-barrelled handgun: Co-workers never saw shooting attack coming
Debbie Richmeier, 45, said she and her co-workers never saw Michael Ford's rampage coming.Ford arrived at work like he normally did and sat at a table across from Richmeier in his usual place after exchanging greetings with other employees Sunday, Richmeier said.
She remained stunned Monday that moments after they had traded hellos, Ford ran amok.
"One minute, he says, 'Hi, how are you?' and then one minute later he's apparently deciding which one of us dudes he's going to shoot," Richmeier said. "We could have never seen this coming from him in particular."
Michael Ford is a Muslim. So far there has been little discussion of a possible religious motivation for his rampage, but an article in the Denver Post suggests otherwise: Shooting spree baffles those close to 22-year-old Ford
The day of the shooting, Ford went by his family's Montbello house to visit. Accounts differ about his state of mind.Sister Beyonca Ellis says she saw her brother Michael briefly before he left for work between 2 and 2:15 p.m.
"He was normal when he left," she said. "He was not acting out of the ordinary. He gave me his usual hug and kiss."
However, Ford's younger sister Khali told 9News her brother was upset because people were making fun of his religion at work.
"I don't know what happened to him yesterday. It was like everything changed," Khali said. "He told me that Allah was going to make a choice and it was going to be good and told me people at his job was making fun of his religion and he didn't respect that."
So far, a religious motivation is the only plausible motive for the shooting. Western Resistance hopes the authorities will not begin disinforming the American people as they have done in the past, and will work hard to uncover the truth, whatever that truth might be. If the "wonderful Religion of Peace and Tolerance" was a motivation in this killing, the citizens of America have the right to know it.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at June 27, 2006 8:55 AM
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