Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, May 7, 1993 TAG: 9305070178
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Hours earlier, a disgruntled mechanic opened fire in a Postal Service garage in Michigan, killing one person before killing himself, authorities said.
Several hours after the California shooting, a woman believed to be the gunman's mother was found slain in her home. A dog also was killed at the residence.
The postal mechanic in Dearborn, Mich., Larry Jasion, apparently was upset that a female co-worker had gotten a clerical job he wanted. The woman and his supervisor were injured when he shot up the garage with at least two guns.
Four hours later, a fired postal employee slipped into a post office in Dana Point, a tranquil seaside community 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and shot two male workers, killing one. He then drove off in a blue pickup with a kayak on top.
A hunt for the gunman, identified as Mark Richard Hilbun, 38, was under way.
Hilbun had been stalking a female employee at the post office and restraining orders had been issued barring him from the building, said U.S. Postal Inspector David Smith. She was not injured.
Hilbun had made harassing telephone calls to the woman, who returned to work Thursday after a leave of absence, prompting the post office to heighten security, Smith said.
"We worried that that might happen, so they were locking the doors . . . the postmaster was going around double-checking, the supervisors were checking, employees were checking," Smith said.
Bruce Colin, who owns a bike shop behind the post office, said several employees ran into his business to report the shootings.
Keywords:
FATALITY
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