By Tai Applewhite, Angela Wilson
Losing a job in today’s economy can’t be easy and when paired with mental illness, the results are a disaster. The FBI is examining an incident in Moore, OK where a newly converted Islamic man beheaded a woman and stabbed another after being fired from his job.
Although there hasn’t been evidence to prove that the situation had something to do with his new found faith, many were reminded of the recent ISIS executions.
After being notified by Vaughan Foods human resources of his termination, 30 year-old Alton Nolen rushed into the Oklahoma food plant and injured the first people he saw—one with fatal results.
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Colleen Hufford, 54 was his first victim. “With a knife, Nolen stabbed the poor woman in the neck so hard he severed her head,” Lewis said. But the rampage did not end there.
Nolen then went after Traci Johnson and stabbed her several times with the same knife. After hearing screams, Vaughan Foods’ chief operating officer Mark Vaughan, who is also an Oklahoma reserve deputy, took matters into his own hands by shooting Nolan. “He’s a hero in this situation,” Sgt. Jeremy Lewis of the Moore Police Department said. “It could have gotten a lot worse.”
Nolen didn’t know either of the women and is expected to survive. He’s had several run in’s with the law with a rap sheet which includes assault and battery of a police officer, possession of a controlled substance and escape from detention. He is recovering in a nearby hospital and has yet to be charged.
The food plant reopened today. “We are working with authorities on this active investigation and ask that you direct your questions to local law enforcement,” Vaughn Foods said in a statement.