Man Held in Shooting Death of His Supervisor
An Oceanside man shot and killed his supervisor during a work break Wednesday morning in a parking lot outside a San Marcos manufacturing firm, sheriff’s spokesmen said.
Jose Luis Maldonado, 22, was arrested in the death of his boss before a dozen witnesses at Professional Care Products Inc., in an industrial complex about a mile south of California 78.
The medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Juan Lopez-Rodriguez, a 29-year-old Escondido resident and father of twins.
The shooting came less than a week after a fired employee of General Dynamics in San Diego shot two co-workers Friday, killing one and critically injuring the other.
Officials of Professional Care Products, an orthopedic manufacturing firm, said they knew of no work-related disagreements between the two men. But family members of the dead man said he had spoken disparagingly of Maldonado, describing him as “out of control.”
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