Retaliation Possible Motive in Killing of Oklahoma Airport Worker, Police Say

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iStock/Thinstock(OKLAHOMA CITY) — The man suspected of fatally shooting a Southwest Airlines employee Tuesday at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City was a former employee of the U.S. airline who may have “acted in retaliation,” police said Wednesday.

Police say the suspected shooter, who was later found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot, had waited to ambush Michael Winchester, 52, a Southwest Airlines employee.

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