Gunman kills 3 co-workers

A DISGRUNTLED worker embroiled in a pension dispute with his company walked into the plant and opened fire yesterday, killing three people, wounding five and sending frightened co-workers scrambling into closets and to the snow-covered roof for safety.

Police said the gunman, identified as 51-year-old Timothy Hendron of Webster Groves, a St Louis suburb in the US, showed up at Swiss-based ABB Group's plant yesterday morning, armed with an assault rifle and a handgun.

Multiple St. Louis-area media outlets were reporting that Hendron was believed to be among the dead, but police refused to confirm that.