Ivan Aldergot, a male White/Caucasian, died on October 27, 2025, after a shooting inside Barku Plastics in Cleveland, Tennessee. Responding officers found him and a colleague, Tobias Gleinig, dead at the plant shortly after 10 a.m.; Aldergot served as the company's vice president. Police described the scene as a double homicide and said both men were supervisors at the facility, which sits off Old Chattanooga Pike.
Barku's parent company later confirmed the violent deaths of their two colleagues and expressed condolences to the families and coworkers.
Investigators quickly focused on a suspect who fled the plant and retreated to a residence on Westview Lane in Bradley County. A coordinated tactical operation followed. After several hours, officers deployed a robot and a drone to breach the home; once inside, they discovered a man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police indicated the suspected gunman was a former or soon-to-be-terminated employee, and that no other suspects were being sought.
Authorities subsequently identified the suspect as 38-year-old Kyle Steven Crandell. According to police accounts reported by local and trade outlets, the incident began around 10:21 a.m. at Barku Plastics' facility at 131 Corporate Drive SW, and concluded after a roughly six-hour standoff at the Bradley County residence. With the suspected shooter deceased, there were no arrests; the case remained a double-homicide investigation as agencies worked to finalize findings and provide closure to the victims' families.
Cleveland police publicly identified Aldergot and Gleinig and noted that both men were German nationals working in supervisory roles at the Cleveland plant. Community tributes and memorial pages echoed the official accounts, recognizing Aldergot's leadership role and the profound impact of the loss on colleagues who described the pair as more like family than coworkers.
