A workplace shooting occurred at an Atlantis Plastics factory in Henderson , Kentucky , United States on June 25 , 2008 . The gunman , 25-year-old Wesley Neal Higdon , shot and killed five people and critically injured a sixth , before taking his own life . The mass murder is the worst in the history of Henderson County , surpassing the triple homicides that took place in 1799 and 1955
A workplace shooting
Atlantis Plastics shooting
Henderson County, Kentucky