Indianapolis - Workplace shooting leaves at least 85 workers disabled

A man shot and wounded four co-workers Thursday at a factory that employs disabled people, telling police he did it "over respect," authorities said.

Two men and two women were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Lt. Douglas Scheffel said.

Jason Burnam, 24, was arrested inside the company cafeteria, where he was standing with a .380-caliber handgun next to a vending machine, Police Chief Michael Spears said. Burnam told officers he targeted the victims and said "it was over respect," Scheffel said. Police did not elaborate.

"There was some type of confrontation that was brewing all week and it just came to a head and he got fed up and started shooting people," Scheffel said.

Burnam was charged with four counts of attempted murder and one count of carrying a handgun without a license.

Burnam's mother, Judy Burnam, said her son was taking medication for depression and seemed fine when she dropped him off for work in the morning.

"I had no idea, none whatsoever, something was wrong," she said.

Crossroads Industrial Services, a division of an Easter Seals program, has about 100 employees who do light manufacturing, such as making identification tags for military vehicles under a contract with the Army, said Candy Morrison, director of marketing.

About 85 percent of Crossroads workers have physical or mental disabilities, Morrison said.

The victims were identified as Howard Mallory, 53; Jermaine Ealy, 29; Cammie Duncan, 38; and Anita Frazen, 52. All were shot at least once in the leg or arm. Ealy was shot twice.

Easter Seals is a nonprofit group that assists more than 1 million people with physical and mental disabilities a year.