Two Hurt in Shipyard Shooting; Worker Held
A veteran employee opened fire at a shipyard, wounding two co-workers, police said.
Police charged Alexander L. Lett, 41, with two counts of aggravated assault, but were still trying to figure out what prompted the shooting in Pascagoula.
Lett was a quality inspector who had worked at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems for more than 20 years, police said.
About 30 people were in the vicinity when Lett began shooting inside a warehouse with a 9- millimeter semiautomatic pistol, police said.
One of the injured was hospitalized in critical condition and the other was in fair condition, officials said.
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