Anne Marie Tiernon/Eyewitness News
Indianapolis - About 100 people work at the manufacturing facility on the far east side where a shooting took place Thursday morning. Eighty-five percent of the workforce is developmentally disabled. They earn above minimum wage and have benefits at Crossroads Industrial Services.
Three of the four workers shot Thursday are back home, but one, Howard Mallory, will spend the night at Methodist.
Mallory, 53, was admitted to Methodist Hospital after after a co-worker shot him in his left leg in the cafeteria at work. Mallory said he'd never had any sort of conflict with Jason Burnam, the 24-year-old accused shooter.
Mallory said a dispute at another table over a basketball game escalated for five to ten minutes before he saw the gun.
"I was saying to myself, 'Oh, my God, this guy has got a gun and if we don't do something fast this guy is going to start shooting,'" he said.
The bullets struck four people. Company director Scott Fogo visited 52-year-old Anita Frazen, who was shot in the leg.
Although she was shaken up by the ordeal, "she was very happy to see her brother and a member from her church this afternoon. They took her home to help her relax and certainly will be touching base with her later this evening," said Fogo.
Jermaine Early, 29, was shot twice, in his left arm and leg. He was released after being treated at Wishard.
The three worked in the factory as production workers. The fourth victim was 38-year-old Cammie Duncan.
"Cammie is a supervisor of our production employees and likewise she was released from Wishard and is doing well. She has an upcoming vacation and she wanted to make sure that she was planning on taking that so she is going very well," said Fogo.
The confessed shooter stayed at the scene and when arrested, he told police it was about respect.
"I don't know if it was about respect. What I do know is that four people were wounded with this gun," Mallory said.
Mallory will require crutches and will likley be off the job he's held for 26 years for several weeks.
Crossroads Industrial Services is a division of Easter Seals Crossroads, a provider of direct services for children and adults with disabilities.
