On August 3, 2010, 49-year-old Edwin L. Kennison Jr., a resident of East Hartford and employee of Hartford Distributors, was killed in a workplace shooting in Manchester, Connecticut. Kennison was shot once in the shoulder inside the warehouse and managed to flee outdoors, but the gunman pursued him; Kennison fell in the driveway and was shot again, which ended his life. The shooter, coworker Omar Thornton, had been called into a disciplinary meeting that morning over alleged theft and, after being shown video evidence and signing resignation papers, retrieved two 9mm handguns from his lunchbox and opened fire. Thornton killed eight employees in total and injured two before taking his own life as police closed in. Thornton told a 911 operator he was motivated by racial discrimination, though company and union officials said no formal complaints had been filed by him. Kennison was remembered as a father, former high school athlete, and youth sports coach.

Does anyone have memories of Edwin or information about his time at Hartford Distributors that could add to the record?