In the quiet city of Edmond, Oklahoma, the morning of August 20, 1986, was shattered by an act of violence that would leave a lasting scar on the community. On this day, Kenneth Wade Morey, a 49-year-old male rural carrier, was killed at his place of work, the Edmond Post Office. His life was tragically cut short in a mass shooting that became one of the deadliest workplace massacres in U.S.
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The perpetrator was identified as Patrick Sherrill, a 44-year-old part-time letter carrier who was a coworker of the victims. On the day of the incident, Sherrill entered the post office armed with three handguns and opened fire on his colleagues. The rampage lasted for approximately 15 minutes, during which Sherrill killed 14 people and injured six others before taking his own life.
Subsequent investigations and reports indicated that Sherrill's actions may have been motivated by a fear of being fired. The day before the shooting, he had been reprimanded by two supervisors. One of those supervisors was among the fatalities. Kenneth Wade Morey was one of the fourteen individuals whose lives were abruptly ended that morning in a senseless act of violence that left a community in mourning and a nation in shock.
