Cops: Recently-fired employee opens fire at Texas business

Recently-fired employee opens fire at TX business

KATY, Texas -- A Texas transportation company employee was killed and another was wounded when a former employee walked into the business Wednesday morning and opened fire, police say.

The shooter then took his own life, according to Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman. He had been terminated from the business, Knight Transportation in Katy, earlier Wednesday morning, Hickman said.

Hickman called the shooting a "retaliatory act."

The victim has been identified as Michael Dawid, CBS affiliate KHOU reported.

Police have identified the suspect, now deceased, as Marion Guy Williams.

The former employee was carrying a shotgun and a pistol when he walked into the business just before 9 a.m., Hickman said. Only the shotgun was fired.

"He apparently became disgruntled because his payments had ceased, we understand he came to this location with a shotgun and a handgun," Ralph Gonzales of the Harris County Sheriff's Office told CBS affiliate KHOU. "He came into the building and said something like 'You ruined my life,' and then fired a round straight through the building and then started shooting."

Hickman said the injured employee was "nicked" in the face by a projectile. It wasn't immediately clear whether it was bullet.

Nearby, Morton Ranch High School was placed on lockdown, according to the sheriff's office.

Knight Transportation sells trucks and trailers nationally, according to KHOU.

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