Ex-Mail-Well Employee Kills Co-Worker, Self in California Shooting

An armed former employee of PrintXcel, a printing plant owned by Mail-Well Inc., entered the Visalia, CA plant early Tuesday morning and shot an employee before killing himself, according to a statement from Mail-Well. The murdered employee and the gunman were not identified.

The shooter, who according to reports had been fired several years ago, also set fire to several paper rolls, according to published reports.

The plant normally employs 80 people. According to reports, 46 staffers were inside the building at the time of the shooting. According to a Mail-Well statement, all other employees have been accounted for. The names of the gunman and the victim were not available at deadline.