Shooting incident occurs at Pilgrim’s Pride complex

One person was seriously injured in a shooting incident that occurred on the property of the Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plant in Sumter, South Carolina.

According to a report from The Sumpter Item, the victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment.

The incident was reported to authorities around 10:45 a.m. on April 26. Preliminary information obtained by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office showed that the shooting stemmed from a fight that started in the parking lot. There were three people involved in the fight, and they were believed to be acquaintances.

Sumter County Deputy Adrienne Savis did not release information concerning whether the people involved in the incident were employees of Pilgrim’s Pride. Savis added that “someone” is in custody for the incident, and the investigation is ongoing.

Other violent crimes at poultry, pork plants

Within the past year, there have been a number of violent incidents to take place at poultry and pork plants in the United States.

Among those are:

• The fatal stabbing of a man in the locker room of a Prestage Farms pork plant in Eagle Grove, Iowa. The suspect, Lukouxs Brown, was deemed incompetent to stand trial.
• The stabbing of a person at the Wayne Farms facility in Decatur, Alabama. The suspect, Detavious Sellers, was charged with second-degree assault.
• The fatal shooting of a man in the parking lot of a House of Raeford Farms poultry plant in Rose Hill, North Carolina. The suspect, Antwan Terrell Wright, was arrested on suspicion of the shooting in February, after more than two months on the lam.
• A fatal shooting of a man at a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Camilla, Georgia. The suspect in that case, Awayan Dominic Shivers, was charged with one count of malice murder, four counts of aggravated assault, and one count of possession of a firearm during commission of a crime.