The Key Findings for Employees box lists grievances, stressors, elicited concern, concerning communications, and current employment.
KEY FINDINGS FOR EMPLOYEES
Why inferred Key findings box is a summary judgement; its statistics are restated from the body text.
There were 22 attacks perpetrated by current or former employees of the targeted workplace, each by a lone attacker.
There were 22 attacks perpetrated by current or former employees of the targeted workplace, each perpetrated by a lone attacker.
All but one (n = 21, 95%) of the current or former employee attackers were male.
Sample (n = 21 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
All but one (n = 21, 95%) of the current or former employee attackers were male.
Ages of employee attackers ranged from 22 to 64 years old, and the average age was 40 years.
Ages ranged from 22 to 64 years old, and the average age was 40 years.
Table 4 illustrates the motives of employee attackers, which were often multifaceted.
Table 4 illustrates the motives of employee attackers, which were often multifaceted.
All attackers but one (n = 21, 95%) were motivated, at least in part, by a grievance.
Sample (n = 21 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
All attackers but one (n = 21, 95%) were motivated, at least in part, by a grievance.
Three-quarters of attackers (n = 17, 77%) were specifically motivated, at least in part, by a workplace-related grievance.
Sample (n = 17 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Three-quarters of attackers (n = 17, 77%) were specifically motivated, at least in part, by a workplace-related grievance.
These grievances were related to workload, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, termination decisions, and ongoing conflicts with supervisors or colleagues.
These grievances were related to workload, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, termination decisions, and ongoing conflicts with supervisors or colleagues.
The lone employee attacker without a grievance appeared to be motivated solely by psychotic symptoms.
appeared to be motivated solely by psychotic symptoms
Nearly one-third (n = 7, 32%) of employee attackers had multiple motives for their attack.
Sample (n = 7 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Nearly one-third (n = 7, 32%) of employee attackers had multiple motives
Psychotic symptoms were a motive for 5 employee attackers (23%).
Sample (n = 5 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Psychotic Symptoms | 5 | 23%
Personal grievances were a motive for 4 employee attackers (18%).
Sample (n = 4 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Personal | 4 | 18%
Domestic grievances were a motive for 3 employee attackers (14%).
Sample (n = 3 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Domestic | 3 | 14%
The attacker with the most motivations appeared to be motivated by psychotic symptoms, a workplace grievance, a desire to kill, and a desire for fame or notoriety.
appeared to be motivated by psychotic symptoms, a workplace grievance, a desire to kill, and a desire for fame or notoriety
A 24-year-old man opened fire with two shotguns at the grocery store where he worked, killing three coworkers. In the months before, he created videos glorifying school shootings and described admiration for past attackers and plans in journal entries.
A 24-year-old man armed with two shotguns opened fire almost two hours into a night shift
The attacker held delusional beliefs that after death he would become a cartoon female ghost and join violent cartoon characters in an afterlife.
The attacker harbored delusional beliefs that when he died after his attack, he would become a cartoon female ghost character and join other violent cartoon characters in an afterlife.
In the current or former employees section, percentages reflect the 22 attacks perpetrated by current and former employees of the targeted location.
For this section, percentages reflect the 22 attacks perpetrated by current and former employees of the targeted location.
In the months before the attack, the grocery store attacker created and shared videos glorifying school shootings and wrote in numerous journal entries about his admiration of past attackers and his attack plans.
In the months prior to his attack, the attacker created and shared videos glorifying school shootings, and described his admiration of past attackers and his plans for his attack in numerous journal entries.
The Key Findings for Employees box states that 91% of employee attackers had at least one stressor within five years of their attack.
Sample (n = 20 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
91% of attackers had at least one stressor within five years of their attack.
The Key Findings for Employees box states that 82% of employee attackers elicited concern from others, including 41% who elicited concern at work.
Sample (n = 18 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
82% of attackers elicited concern from others, including 41% who elicited concern at work.
The Key Findings for Employees box states that 73% of employee attackers were currently employed at the facility they targeted.
Sample (n = 16 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
73% of attackers were currently employed at the facility they targeted.
Table 4 reports fame or notoriety as a motive component for 1 of the 22 employee attackers (5%).
Sample (n = 1 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Fame or Notoriety | 1 | 5%
Table 4 reports a desire to kill as a motive component for 1 of the 22 employee attackers (5%).
Sample (n = 1 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Desire to Kill | 1 | 5%
Table 4 reports an Other motive component for 1 of the 22 employee attackers (5%).
Sample (n = 1 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
Desire to Kill | 1 | 5% | | Other | 1 | 5%
77% of employee attackers shared concerning communications.
Sample (n = 17 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
77% of attackers shared concerning communications.
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