{"id":13423,"date":"2025-10-28T14:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13423"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:39:21","slug":"2-shot-dead-at-tennessee-plastics-plant-gunman-believed-to-be-ex-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13423","title":{"rendered":"2 shot dead at Tennessee plastics plant; gunman believed to be ex-employee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2025-10-28-143753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2025-10-28-143753.jpg 932w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2025-10-28-143753-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2025-10-28-143753-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two employees of a plastics maker were fatally shot Monday morning in Cleveland, Tennessee, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two men killed at Barku Plastics were Tobias Gleinig and Ivan Aldergot, police said in a statement. Both were supervisors at the plant and citizens of Germany, Cleveland Police Capt. Evie West said at a news conference Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur thoughts and deepest condolences are with the families, friends, and coworkers of Mr. Gleinig and Mr. Aldergot during this tragic time,\u201d Cleveland police said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers responding to reports of gunfire shortly before 10:30 a.m. found the two dead, the department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A possible shooter was identified and a vehicle associated with him was tracked to a residence in Bradley County, outside the Cleveland city limits, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cleveland police officers and a SWAT team from the Bradley County Sheriff\u2019s Office surrounded the home for \u201cseveral hours,\u201d Cleveland police said, and discovered the man dead after they sent in two robots and a drone to take a closer look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Cleveland police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing the police department, NBC affiliate WCYB of nearby Bristol, Virginia, reported that investigators believe the gunman was a former employee at Barku, an injection molding plastics maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said the man&#8217;s name will be released by the medical examiner in Bradley County, which underlies Cleveland, a city of nearly 50,000 about 32 miles east of Chattanooga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barku is a subsidiary of Barku Kunststofftechnik, a plastics producer established in Germany in 1977, according to the Tennessee company\u2019s website. 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