UPS Statement About Shooting Incident Near Birmingham, AL

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Jefferson County (Ala.) Medical Examiner's Office Confirms Identities

UPS has been advised by the Jefferson County (Ala.) Medical Examiner's Office that it has identified the three people killed during a shooting incident at a UPS facility outside Birmingham, Ala., on Sept. 23. In addition, we can confirm the families have been notified.

Doug Hutcheson, a resident of Odenville, Ala., was a driver supervisor and joined the company in 1999. He was 33 years old.

Brian Callans, a resident of Birmingham, Ala., was a business manager and worked for UPS for 26 years. He was 46 years old.

Kerry Joe, 45, of Trussville, Ala., a recently terminated UPS driver with 21 years of employment, also died.

UPS sends our condolences to the families of these three individuals. They have asked for privacy during this difficult time.

The safety and well-being of our employees is our primary focus. We are providing the families of the victims, along with the employees who work in this facility, with counseling and support.

UPS continues to cooperate with authorities in the investigation.
 

TooTechie

Geek in Brown
I wish people would stop spreading suppositions and rumors. He couldn't have been fired for the alleged theft of the radiator. That was a separate incident as it was supposed to have occurred four years ago.

Details of the alleged theft incident:
On November 5, 2010, driver Kerry "Joe" Joe did a pickup at the following auto repair, design and testing shop:
Hesco
1200 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
(205) 251-1472
www.hesco.us

Hesco had a custom radiator near the packages to be picked up that wasn't marked to be picked up, wasn't in a box, didn't have a tracking label, etc and had originally been shipped from TSA Motorsports (designs, builds and races custom trucks used for competitive desert racing) for testing.

Hesco filed suit naming both Joe & UPS in November 2012, claiming Joe "negligently, recklessly or intentionally" took the radiator while doing the pickup.

Jefferson County District Judge Jack Lowther found in favor of Joe and UPS after a bench trial on Sept. 10, 2013.

According to police he was only fired within the last month, appealed it, and lost the appeal "in recent days" then "received his final papers" on Monday.

That being said, even if UPS somehow never found out about the alleged theft of the radiator when it happened, they were sued in 2012 and it was over in 2013. They wouldn't have then waited another year to initiate discipline, therefore this must have been unrelated.
 

Catatonic

Nine Lives
I wish people would stop spreading suppositions and rumors. He couldn't have been fired for the alleged theft of the radiator.

There is more circumstantial evidence for this than there is that UPS management techniques caused Joe to go nuts.

It's called "tit for tat".
 

TooTechie

Geek in Brown
There is more circumstantial evidence for this than there is that UPS management techniques caused Joe to go nuts.

It's called "tit for tat".
1) Who gives a damn why he lost his job. Bottom line a 21 year driver screwed up pretty badly and lost his job. It was actually upheld at panel and they agreed he shouldn't be brought back.
2) While many members of management have the "in your face" style of management and treat some hourlies poorly, he wasn't a newbie that wasn't used to it. He was a seasoned veteran who had been around the block a few times. If he was treated poorly, he should have filed a harassment grievance and fixed it through proper channels, but again, it's all just speculation that he was even mistreated.
3) Regardless of how dark of a place he was in, no matter how badly his on-car Doug and his center manager Brian might or might not have treated him, taking those human lives...and ruining so many people's lives...there is no excuse. It's unforgivable.
 

Catatonic

Nine Lives
There is more circumstantial evidence for this than there is that UPS management techniques caused Joe to go nuts.
1) Who gives a damn why he lost his job. Bottom line a 21 year driver screwed up pretty badly and lost his job. It was actually upheld at panel and they agreed he shouldn't be brought back.
2) While many members of management have the "in your face" style of management and treat some hourlies poorly, he wasn't a newbie that wasn't used to it. He was a seasoned veteran who had been around the block a few times. If he was treated poorly, he should have filed a harassment grievance and fixed it through proper channels, but again, it's all just speculation that he was even mistreated.
3) Regardless of how dark of a place he was in, no matter how badly his on-car Doug and his center manager Brian might or might not have treated him, taking those human lives...and ruining so many people's lives...there is no excuse. It's unforgivable.
1) I don't ... it is irrelevant.
2) Yep
3) I agree
 
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