Two shot, one fatally, at Xerox facility in NY

Associated Press ^ | 08/12/03 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

WEBSTER, N.Y. - Two people were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in an apparent robbery of the credit union at a sprawling Xerox complex, authorities said.

Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering said one victim died and the second was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with a shoulder injury. He said it appeared to be a robbery that went bad.

No arrests had been made as of midday, more than two hours after the shooting.

Authorities did not say whether the two people who were shot were credit union customers or employees.

Bill McKee, spokesman for the sprawling Xerox complex, confirmed there was a shooting but provided no further details.

"There is a stepped-up state of security on campus," McKee said. "Employees have been moved to what we call safe zones within the campus."

Paul Moskal, a spokesman for the FBI in Buffalo, said initial reports were that the male shooter may have been wearing a "homemade FBI jacket."

Moskal said he believed no legitimate FBI employees were involved in the shootout, though the agency is one of several responding to the incident.

Police set up a number of roadblocks around the complex, said Debbie Licata, a records clerk for the Webster police. Police used dogs to search nearby woods.

The 1,000-acre Xerox campus 12 miles east of Rochester, a center for engineering and manufacturing, employed 8,000 people as of 2001.

[sinkspur]

Two people were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in an apparent robbery of the credit union at a sprawling Xerox complex, authorities said.

Bill McKee, spokesman for the sprawling Xerox complex, confirmed there was a shooting but provided no further details.

Just wanted to make sure everyone gets the author's message that this was a sprawling Xerox complex.

[Lazamataz]

WOW! My old home town!!!!

And as far as sprawling, it really is. No security gates or fences AT ALL, either. Bet that changes ASAP.

[martin_fierro]

I hope this doesn't lead to ... copycat shootings.

[San Jacinto]

Just wanted to make sure everyone gets the author's message that this was a sprawling Xerox complex.

Probably a copy-cat killer.

[Lazamataz]

OMG, I just thought of something. The Credit Union is in Bldg 304. THAT IS MY BUILDING! Where I used to work!!!!

[bedolido]

copycat shootings

lol... excellant choice of words...

[San Jacinto]

Dang! Talk about a copycat!

[bedolido]

THAT IS MY BUILDING! Where I used to work!!!!

hmmmmm still upset with them are we?

[Orangedog]

Chuck Schumer, call you office....need to schedule press conference to exploit the tragedy of others for your own political agenda!

[Lazamataz]

I got an alibi. I'm in Atlanta.

[RightWhale]

Nearly took a job at this a sprawling Xerox complex. The idea of working in the black monolith downtown was enticing, but Webster has little to recommend it.

[the_Watchman]

He said it appeared to be a robbery that went bad.

Ever heard of a robbery going good?

[San Jacinto]

Where I used to work!!!!

Hey, I remember you! Aren't you were the guy who got fired for sitting bare-assed on the Xerox machines and sending the copies out to people as Smiley-faced Clinton greeting cards?

(!)

[Lazamataz]

Webster has little to recommend it.

Untrue! Nice cozy town, right next to a major manufacturing plant. I could walk to work, yet outside my front window was a lush forest. Close enough to Rochester to get there for anything you needed, but far enough that you had the small town atmosphere.

I really REALLY miss Webster.

[StriperSniper]

"Employees have been moved to what we call safe zones within the campus."

'Safe zones'? I bet none are protected by 50cals. ;-)

[Lazamataz]

Hey, I remember you! Aren't you were the guy who got fired for sitting bare-assed on the Xerox machines and sending the copies out to people as Smiley-faced Clinton greeting cards?

Shhhh, you.

[San Jacinto]

Re #14

Aren't you were the guy .....

[Lazamataz]

'Safe zones'? I bet none are protected by 50cals. ;-)

Sometimes there are. When Dan Quayle came there to speak, there were SS guys on the roofs with .50's. :o)

[RightWhale]

You don't sound like you are from Webster. Bronx, maybe.

[StriperSniper]

My question about them is safe from what? It smacks of paranoia to me. I mean what are worried about, corporate espionage? They practically gave away the biggest thing they came up with in years, what became Windows. ;-)

[pabianice]

Clearly a lie. NY forbids ownership of hand guns so as to make such a thing impossible.

[Lazamataz]

You don't sound like you are from Webster. Bronx, maybe.

Ay, yo. I'm from Webstah, aight? Don't make me bounce youse around already.

[martin_fierro]

I've learned that puns that bad are flame-bait. <|:(~

But I jes' can't he'p myse'f. <|:)~

[Sacajaweau]

Happened to be working in the Village of Webster, this AM. A police car went by. He must have been doing 90. Commented to my partner that : that was the fastest I had ever seen a cop car go. Within minutes we could hear sirens all over. Then we heard the helicopter overhead. We figured either the media catching the story or a "hunt".

When we left the job, we headed east and finally picked up the news story. I stopped at an antique shop and the owner warned me that he was on the loose. (Her daughter was being held in lockdown at Xerox).

Webster WAS a great Town but they ruined the Ridge Road with car businesses and it looks like hell and very conjested. Regardless, the people are great. When I was a kid, the Old Ridge Road was the "road to Canada" so it's still one of my favorite roads.

[bedolido]

I used to live at 300 w. Peachtree Blvd Apt#??? (can't remember) from 1989-91. I loved Atlanta.... hey... wasn't there a shooting in Atlanta a few years ago at a Stock Exchange?...hmmmm when did you move to Atlanta?

[Tamzee]

I grew up in Rochester and have family in Webster... my sister lives on Old Ridge Road. She loves the town so much that when she upgraded to a larger house, she simply bought one across the road :-)

[bmwcyle]

My brother lives on Woodland Lane.

[Marauder]

I used to work for Xerox out in the sprawling West Texas town of Midland; I was a tech rep (mechanic in a suit and tie) for five years.

[Steely Tom]

Top-of-the-hour radio news reports that the shooter was wearing an FBI jacket (possibly homemade) and flashed some sort of badge. They are still looking for him at this time. No physical description of perp is being broadcast.

(steely)

[Sacajaweau]

They have described him as a black man, 6 ft. tall.

[FreedomAvatar]

I'm originally from Fairport. Father retired from Xerox after 35 years. Brother still works there in Webster, no less. Have to give him a call tonight.

I also really miss upstate NY. Catatonic wings at Jeremiah's Tavern and a pitcher of Genny 12-Horse...ah...memories...