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Clark Security guards Assistant Chief Steve Hatchett, 62 lower the flags to half staff at Gibbs Die Casting Wednesday June 25, 2008 in Henderson, Ky.. in respect of the Atlantis Plastic Inc. employees that were killed an employee shot five people to death before killing himself. Gibbs' is across the street from Atlantis Plastic in Henderson, Ky. (AP Photo/ Daniel R. Patmore)
By RYAN LENZ – 11 hours ago
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — 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 cell phone while on the assembly line, police said Wednesday.
Authorities said Wesley N. Higdon of Henderson was so riled by the argument with his supervisor that he called his girlfriend and told her that he wanted to kill his boss. The girlfriend didn’t warn anyone, police said, and just two hours later, Higdon argued with another co-worker then shot and killed his supervisor as they walked outside. Then, he returned and shot at co-workers in a break room and on the plant floor.
A man who called 911 frantically described the violent scene to a dispatcher, tallying up the number of dead around him.
“There’s more than two people dead. There’s like one, two, three, four, five people dead,” the man said. “The supervisor is dead, too.”
Authorities said Higdon was known to keep a .45-caliber pistol in his car, which is not illegal in Kentucky.
The first shooting took place as the supervisor was escorting him from the building. Other co-workers were shot in the break room and on the plant floor. One worker was injured and was being treated in the critical care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in Evansville, Ind.

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By DON JENSEN
TAMPA — Before he stepped onto a racetrack or ran his first furlong, Adriano had owner Donald Adam’s eye.
"He was absolutely, stunningly beautiful," said Adam, who received photographs of his newly-born foal from Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky. "They said, ‘Here’s one that’s going to be very, very special.’ "
Just how special remains to be seen.
Adriano, a chestnut son of A.P. Indy, will carry the teal- and blue-colored silks of Adam’s Courtlandt Farms on Saturday afternoon in the 134th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
For Adam, 73, a successful banker and philanthropist in the Tampa Bay area, it will be his second Derby horse, first as an owner.
"Winning this race is one of the most challenging events in sports," Adam said. "To be one of 20 horses in the Derby is very special in itself, and the opportunity to be (the) one out of 20 (to win) would be an incredible feat."
Adriano qualified by winning the Grade II $500,000 Lane’s End Stakes on March 22 at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. His victory in the 1 1/8th mile race on Polytrack raised his graded earnings to $310,000, 11th highest in the field. But the 3-year-old trainee of Graham Motion has doubters, who question his ability on dirt, and his demeanor.
In his only start on dirt in the Grade II $350,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes on Feb. 24 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Adriano suffered his worst loss, finishing ninth, 17 lengths behind Cool Coal Man in the 12-horse field. His other six starts — on turf and Polytrack — have produced three wins and a second.
Adam, a native of Bryan, Texas, is solidly behind Adriano, who has gone at least 1 1/16th-mile in every outing.
"The reason he ran on the grass early on was (because) we never felt he could run typically with the younger 2-year-olds that start in the sprints," Adam said. "He’s a long-striding colt that should be able to run most all day. I don’t think there’s ever been a strong indication that he could not run on the dirt, because if you look at his breeding, it would indicate that he should be able to handle it just fine.

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