Mobile phone row sparked Kentucky killings

A 25-year-old press operator shot and killed five co-workers and himself at a plastics plant in rural western Kentucky just hours after arguing with his supervisor about not wearing safety goggles and using his mobile phone while on the assembly line, police said.

Mobile phone row sparked Kentucky killings

A 25-year-old press operator shot and killed five co-workers and himself at a plastics plant in rural western Kentucky just hours after arguing with his supervisor about not wearing safety goggles and using his mobile phone while on the assembly line, police said.

Authorities said Wesley Higdon was so riled by the argument with his supervisor that he called his girlfriend and told her that he wanted to kill his boss.

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