Updated: OSU janitor kills a supervisor, wounds another, then shoots and kills himself
Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Updated: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 00:03
About 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, an Ohio State custodial employee shot two of his supervisors, killing one of them, and then shot and killed himself, campus police said.
The shooter, 51-year-old Nathaniel Brown, entered an office suite at the OSU Maintenance Building on Tuttle Park Place during his work shift and opened fire, said OSU Chief of Police Paul Denton at a press briefing. Brown was wearing a hoodie, dark clothes and was carrying a backpack. He had two guns with him.
Larry Wallington 
Nathaniel Brown 
Henry ButlerThere were more than half a dozen employees in the room at the time. According to the 911 call, Brown opened fire in room 107 of the Maintenance Building.
Brown shot and killed Larry Wallington, 48, building services manager. Operations shift leader Henry Butler, 60, was wounded and is in stable condition at the OSU Medical Center. Update: Butler was shot in the left shoulder and is undergoing surgery, said Heather Butler, his daughter. Police said the shooting was "work related."
Brown started working at OSU in October and was on probation, said Amy Murray, assistant director of OSU media relations. Police say Brown had received a poor performance evaluation recently.
He may have been about to lose his job, a source told The Lantern. He had been scheduled to work Monday night but did not come to work, said the source, who did not want to be identified because OSU told workers they should not talk to the media about the event.
Brown entered the room and specifically asked for Wallington. When he found him, he shot him. Wallington tried to flee and Brown chased him around the room and continue to shoot at him, the source said. Butler was hit by accident.
Police received the 911 call at 3:32 a.m. and responded immediately, Denton said.
15 comments
As an Undergrad a struggle to find a job
If I get a Job I don't get the benefits like a thug like this
Hey give him a chance
Come on Parole officers and Social Workers you should be outraged by this
Companies don't give me a chance
Auto reply only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview
Go through a staffing agency
Recruiter Director of HR and Agent get a bonus for placing him BRAVO FOLKS
The Govt will give you 1/2 the base salary back if you hire an idiot like this for several months
"These claims are clearly without merit and our staff and agencies have vigorous checks and balances in place"
Don't Hire an unexperienced noviceeoe/eeo/m/f/dv/aa
I wish I knew how to get a job as one of the PR folks and spokespersons in the media relations dept.
FOR HIRE!:-)
God bless the injured, the dead and their families. Non-admen workers need a lifeline to report unjust treatment by their bosses. I belive OSU does all it can to cover up unjust treatment and force out anyone that brings it to light. The CWA does not protect their union members and h.r will not help. When people lose hope in there protectors and have nowhere to get help it makes life at The OSU bad. The OSU is the best place that I have worked in my life, and is bigger than the boss that is making my life unbearable but I will never see it with bad people blocking my way and a state that protect them.
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