I live in Rome, NY, and remember taking my kids to the Diamond Mine when they were little. In an earlier posting, I stated that I knew one of the men killed today. I worked with Mike Renshaw at Midstate Correctional Facility in Marcy, NY. I was a Sergeant at the time. The Union press release states that Mike had 23 years in the department. As well, a retired Correction Officer was also killed by the same perp...at the barbershop. Mike Ransear had 18 years in the department. He had retired from Mohawk Correctional Facility, which is a hop, skip, and a jump from where I live. I don't believe I knew him. Here's the link to the Union's press release:
Officers Killed
OK now. So two of those people murdered were corrections officers, the others were in the wrong place at the time this guy went nuts. It seems too much of a coincidence that two of those killed were officers.