Police say two people have been killed and another wounded in a shooting at the Kraft Foods plant in Northeast Philadelphia .
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<m> Police </m> say two people have been killed and another wounded in a shooting at the Kraft Foods plant in Northeast Philadelphia .
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2 Dead , 1 Wounded in Shooting at NE Phila . Kraft Plant
September 10 , 2010 10 : 14 AM
<m> Police </m> say two people have been killed and another wounded in a shooting at the Kraft Foods plant in Northeast Philadelphia .
The alleged shooter is in police custody .
KYW ’ s Pat Loeb reports that the shooting took place just after 8 : 30pm Thursday night inside the old Nabisco factory , along the 12000 block of Roosevelt Boulevard , at Woodhaven Road .
Authorities say the incident began after the fifteen - year employee , 43 - year - old Yvonne Hiller , was suspended .
Police commissioner Charles Ramsey says she was escorted out of the building and was outside for nine minutes before coming back :
“ She drove her car through a barrier and entered the premises .
She had a . 357 magnum .
Made her way to the third - floor mixing room , where she encountered at least three of the employees .
Two , she shot and killed there in the room .
A third was also shot . ”
The third victim , identified as Brian Dalton , was rushed to Aria Health ’ s Torresdale campus with a gunshot wound .
He was later transferred to Jefferson and listed in stable condition .
Officers responded to 911 calls from other employees inside the building , arriving with SWAT teams and other personnel who were trained in an “ active shooter ” situation , according to Commissioner Ramsey .
He says most of the other 100 workers inside were able to get out safely .
Seven employees were trapped near the shooter , but cops say they were able to free them , disarm the woman , and take her into custody .
KYW ’ s Paul Kurtz reports that Commissioner Ramsey credits a special training program for preventing even more bloodshed last night .
The commissioner says he ’ s put many officers through what ’ s called “ active shooter ” training for first - responding officers :
“ We ’ ve learned from Columbine and other places that you can ’ t wait , you can ’ t just sit there and wait for SWAT .
You ’ ve got to at least make entry and try to get as many people out as possible , isolate the shooter , and then hopefully SWAT arrives in enough time to take care of the situation .
They did an excellent job , the 7th and 8th Districts in particular .
Those officers did an outstanding job . ”
And it turns out that at least seven of the officers who rushed to the Kraft factory had “ active shooter ” training .
Ramsey says he plans to expand the program .
Hiller is expected to be arraigned on two murder charges and one attempted murder charge later today .
Kraft Foods issued a statement early this morning announcing that the Northeast facility is closed until further notice .
The statement expresses condolences for the families of the dead and wounded employees , saying , “ This is a tragic loss for all of us . ”
It states that Kraft is working closely with the authorities as they investigate and will be providing counseling services for employees at the facility .