European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 stars and stripes sunday april 22 2007 by Rasha Madkour the associated press Houston the Man who shot and killed another Nasa worker and himself in a building on the sprawling Johnson space Center Complex was undergoing a Job review for poor performance and feared being fired officials said saturday William Phillips 60 smuggled a snub nosed revolver into the space Center Friday and barricaded himself in a building that houses communications and tracking systems for the space shuttle in addition to killing a Man be fore taking his own life he duct taped a woman to a chair holding her for hours police said she escaped with minor injuries Houston police chief Harold Hurtt said Phillips bought a gun last month Days after receiving an email that his Job performance was going to be reviewed Nasa identified the slain Man As David Beverly a 62yearold Nasa worker officials said Phil lips confronted Beverly about his performance review and after Beverly tried to Calm Phillips shot him twice he later returned and shot Beverly twice More officials said the female hostage identified by Nasa As fran Crenshaw a contract worker with Fri technologies worked in the same Gen eral area she was described by officials As a calming influence who helped keep the situation from getting worse teen says he didst mean to shoot principal Baraboo wis a teenager accused of gunning Down his Prin Cipal told detectives in a video taped interview that he didst mean to kill him but freaked out when the principal tackled him in a school hallway Eric Hainstock 16 also told investigators in the same interview hours after principal John Klang was fatally shot that hed been in anger management classes for years but found them useless prosecutors presented the videotaped interrogation of Hain Stock at a hearing on his request to be tried As a juvenile authorities say Hainstock then 15 walked into the school before classes and shot Klang three times As the principal tried to wrestle the boy to the ground postal worker accused of massacre threat St Louis a postal worker has been arrested on charges of warning a coworker against com ing to work Friday and of making comments about a Virginia tech style mass murder at the downtown Post office two coworkers told the us postal inspection services Stacy Hutchens that the postal worker Randy Redecker had made com ments referring to mondays mass shootings at the Virginia Campus Hutchens court affidavit says from wire repairs i5u Kyj space Agency spokesman John Ira Petty said saturday that Nasa was conducting what he called a continuous review of Security procedures Petty would not discuss specifics saying the apparent murder suicide was a police matter to enter the space Center work ers must show an de badge As they drive past a Security guard the badge allows workers Access to designated buildings Beverly wife Linda said her husband of 41 years was an electrical parts specialist who Felt working at Nasa was his calling his intellect and his knowl Edge David really Felt he was a contributor she said Phillips an employee of Jacobs engineering of Pasadena Calif had worked for Nasa for 12 to 13 years he was unmarried had no children and apparently lived alone during the confrontation Nasa employees in the building were evacuated and others were ordered to remain in their offices for several hours roads within the 1600acre space Center Cam pus were also blocked off and a nearby Middle school kept its teachers and students inside As classes ended doors to Mission control were locked As Standard procedure David j officers walk outside an evacuated building at nasal Johnson space Center in Houston where on Friday a Nasa contract worker armed with a handgun killed a hostage and then himself after a nearly four hour standoff announcing our new at Asa 1 j Gas Erma elderly our grand opening is the Ideal time to introduce affordable and convenient products and services to the servicemen and women who serve our country and help ensure our Freedom services such As free checking with online banking Low interest Loans savings accounts and convenient currency Exchange we invite you to visit our Asa Cap Dichino banking Center and experience the benefits of banking with Community Bank operated by member foil
