Laid-off worker kills CEO and two others

Should we expect to see more workers go "postal" as the economy continues to deteriorate, and jobs are lost?

A laid-off worker returned to his former office in Northern California and opened fire Friday, killing three people before fleeing and leading police on an intensive search. The suspect was identified as 47-year-old Jing Wu of Mountain View, who police say was an engineer at SiPort Inc., a semiconductor company.

Authorities identified one of the victims as Sid Agrawal, SiPort chief executive officer. The identities of the other victims were not released pending notification of family, said Santa Clara Police Sgt. Jerry Rodriguez. Source: New York Times

At this time, Jing Wu the suspect, is considered to be armed and has yet to be apprehended. My heart goes out to the families affected by this tragedy.

I truly hope that this incident doesn't mark a rise in workplace violence due to job loss. Unfortunately a fledgling economy has many victims...