Hartford Distributors employees grieve together after shooting

Employees in workplace shooting still reeling over 'senseless act'
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 4, 2010 2:10 a.m. EDT

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Company officials meeting Wednesday with employees "to grieve and to come together"
Girlfriend of suspected shooter says he complained of racial harassment
Union says there was no filed complaint alleging racism
Suspect had just left disciplinary meeting, police chief says
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Manchester, Connecticut (CNN) -- As police investigate the deadly shooting spree at Hartford Distributors and prepare to identify its victims, the company will meet Wednesday with employees, some of whom have been with the company for more than 30 years.

"They want to meet in private, an opportunity for people to grieve and to come together and to address the remainder of their family members, meaning their employees," said James Battaglio, a spokesman for the family that owns the business.

Omar Thornton, 34, walked into a room early Tuesday at the beverage distributorship where he worked in Manchester, Connecticut. Company and union officials played a video. He calmly watched images that purportedly showed him stealing from a truck.
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