Auto Worker Held After Boss Is Killed, Colleague Wounded

An auto worker accused of killing his supervisor and wounding a co-worker at a Chrysler Corp. plant was ordered held without bail Saturday.

Clarence Woods, 48, of Sterling Heights will be arraigned Monday on charges of murder, attempted murder and using a firearm in a felony, Police Chief Thomas Derocha said.

Woods has refused to make any statements, Derocha said.

Following an argument Friday over a work assignment at Chrysler’s Sterling Stamping Plant, Woods took a .38-caliber revolver out of a duffel bag, shot the two men and walked away, Derocha said.

Police arrested Woods at the plant shortly after the shooting, Derocha said.

Woods, a 20-year employee at the plant just north of Detroit, was arrested last year on an assault charge. The charge was dropped after the man he allegedly attacked with a knife didn’t show up for a preliminary hearing, Derocha said.

Willie Ruffin, 54, died at a hospital soon after the shooting. Eddie Williams, 65, was in stable condition Saturday.