Two dead, two wounded after shooting in parts plant

ANDOVER, Ohio -- An employee opened fire at an auto parts plant Tuesday, killing at least one person and critically injuring two others before he was killed, authorities said.

The shootings happened about 8:20 a.m. at Andover Industries in the northeast Ohio village, Ashtabula County Sheriff Bill Johnson said.

The gunman was a plant employee who has worked there about five years, he said.

Ashtabula County coroner's office spokeswoman Fran Richards said two people were dead, including the shooter. She didn't know whether he killed himself or was killed by someone else.

Two women from the plant were in critical condition at St. Elizabeth's Health Center in Youngstown. One was in surgery and doctors were working on the other patient in the emergency room, said hospital spokeswoman Patty Rush. She had no further detail on their injuries.

Andover Industries spokeswoman Katy Lominack did not immediately return a message left at the company's headquarters in Troy, Mich. Phones went unanswered at the Andover plant, about 80 miles northeast of Cleveland. The company makes plastic car parts such as dashboards and door panels.

After the shooting, some plant workers were sent to the Andover Church of Christ, designated a crisis center under the city's emergency plan, pastor Robert Gears said. Most workers later left the church, Gears said. He declined to comment further.