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Police ID man killed in Roanoke workplace shooting
ROANOKE, Va. — Officials have identified the man shot and killed by a former co-worker at a rail car factory in Roanoke.
Roanoke Police Crime Prevention Specialist Scott Leamon said Wednesday that Daniel Brown, 56, of Montvale, was killed in Tuesday’s shooting.
Authorities say Getachew Fekede opened fire at the FreightCar America facility in Roanoke early Tuesday before killing himself. They say the 53-year-old entered the United States from Kenya legally through a refugee immigration program, but was fired by the company in March when he failed to show up for work.
Leamon said three other employees were injured in the shooting: as Keith Law,31 from Rocky Mount, Gary Koran, 32 of Roanoke, and Travis Valderrama, 31, of Catawba.
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital said Wednesday that two of the shooting victims who remain hospitalized are in fair condition while the third patient has been released.
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