Three people were killed and 14 injured after a gunman drove through two Kansas towns Thursday, taking shots at people, before opening fire at a factory where he worked, NBC News reported.
The shooter was identified by family members of the shooting victims as Cedric Larry Ford. He was armed with a long gun and a pistol during the "mass shooting" in Newton and Hesston, towns about 30 miles north of Wichita, according to officials.
The entire incident lasted just 26 minutes — from when the gunman shot and injured a person and stole a truck, until the first police officer on the scene shot him dead shortly after 6 p.m. ET.
The shooter was killed at Excel Industries, a lawn-care company in Hesston. Fifteen of the victims were shot inside the building — including all three who died, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton told a news briefing Thursday night.
The FBI and ATF were among the agencies at the scene.
Court records showed that Ford, 38, was a felon who previously lived in Miami and was on probation with a series of convictions in Florida including burglary.
Praying for the victims of this senseless act of violence, their loved ones and for the safety of all those in Hesston.
— Pat Roberts (@SenPatRoberts) February 26, 2016
Please send your thoughts and prayers to the people of Hesston tonight.
— Sam Brownback (@govsambrownback) February 26, 2016
