a half million dollars in his day trading ventures. he was going to punish all the people that he held responsible all the successful ones in the brokerage firms and day trading areas who were making large sums of money when he was failing. they represented everything that he could not achieve. criminologist james spock james fox says in many ways, mark barton is characteristic of someone who commits mass murder in the workplace. the typical workplace avenger is a middle-aged white male who feels that a good job, a decent salary and benefits is his birthright. he s angry. he blames the world and he wants to get even. the national mean age of all murderers is 29. workplace killers are older. on average, they are 38 years of age.
92% are male and whites represent 70% of all workplace avengers. the massacre that left 15 postal workers dead, 6 wounded. the government was a former employee of the standard viewer company and he went about his killings methodically. three insurance company executives were killed wednesday when a disgruntled former employee ran into a building cafeteria and began shooting. in 1999, 62 people were murdered at work by a co-worker or former co-worker. workplace killers, unlike those mass killers who go on a rampage in a public place and target absolute strangers, are very selective and very discerning as to their victims. in fact, there are some killers in workplaces who have literally stepped over some of the people they simply did not wish to kill. eyewitness nell jones says barton walked into the offices
carefully approach the van. once i opened the door, you know, your heart is racing, of course. to see him not moving, there was a lot of blood. a few moments ago at lake acworth and cobb county at a bp station, mr. barton was pulled over and committed suicide. according to detective renee swanson of the henry county police department, barton had previously discussed suicide with his wife leigh ann. while she was at work he had called her and was threatening that he was going to commit suicide. well, she heard a gunshot over the phone and the heart was just stricken. took off home and when she gets home he s there fine and, you know, leigh ann was, what is going on? why did you do that? what was that gunshot? he said, oh, i killed the cat instead. of course, mark barton eventually did kill himself, his wife and his children. although murdering one s family is not characteristic of workplace killers, barton s troubled state of mind fits the profile perfectly. the common pathw
disorders, they may not be psychotic at the time, but women offenders tend to be. narrator: women aren t the only exception to the white male rampage killer profile. what s his motive? the man hates the world. narrator: colin ferguson, a jamaican immigrant comes to the usa seeking the american dream but only finds several menial jobs which he considers beneath him. an angry frustrated ferguson, blaming racism for all his failures enter this long island train and methodically pumping bullets into the trapped commuters, wounding six and killing 19. he wanted to get even with the people, the successful people, to punish them. a subset of rampage killers who often set out to punish specific individuals are those who target the workplace. workplace killers, unlike those mass killers who go on a
feels that a good job, a decent salary and benefits is his birthright. he s angry. he blames the world and he wants to get even. the national mean age of all murderers is 29. workplace killers are older. on average, they are 38 years of age. 92% are male and whites represent 70% of all workplace avengers. the massacre that left 15 postal workers dead, 6 wounded. the government was a former employee of the standard viewer company and he went about his killings methodically. three insurance company executives were killed wednesday when a disgruntled former employee ran into a building cafeteria and began shooting. in 1999, 62 people were murdered at work by a co-worker or former co-worker. workplace killers, unlike those mass killers who go on a rampage in a public place and target absolute strangers, are very selective and very