Kansas gun rampage man had been served protection order

A man who shot three people before storming into the Kansas factory where he worked and shooting 15 others, killing three of them, had just been served a protection from abuse order that probably triggered the attack, a sheriff said.

All of the dead were shot inside Excel Industries, a plant in Hesston that makes lawnmower products, Harvey County sheriff T Walton said. Of those hurt, 10 were critically wounded, he said.