Richard T. Svoboda, a 37-year-old supervisor at Jewel-T warehouse in Grand Prairie, Texas, was tragically killed on August 9, 1982. Svoboda was involved in a pay dispute with John Felton Parish, a truck driver who had been banned from making deliveries for the company. Parish, who felt mistreated and frustrated over the dispute, entered the Western Transportation Company building armed with a shortened M1 carbine, a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol, and a .38-caliber revolver.
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