Moody Charles Smith, 58, was killed on August 9, 1982, in Grand Prairie, Texas, during a workplace rampage at Western Transfer Company. Smith was the operations manager and was one of six people killed that morning when a disgruntled truck driver, John Felton Parish, opened fire inside the company building around 8:00 a.m. Parish used an M-1 carbine, a .25-caliber automatic pistol, and a .38-caliber revolver during the attack.

Reports say Parish was upset over a pay dispute and felt mistreated by supervisors; he had also been banned from making deliveries to a Jewel T distribution center after complaints about his behavior. After the killings, Parish stole a truck, led police on a high-speed chase, crashed the vehicle, and was shot and killed by police following a shootout. The attack wounded three others in addition to the six fatalities.

Did anyone who worked at Western Transfer Company or lived in Grand Prairie at the time have details about Smith’s role there or memories of that day?