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William Spencer Ganote Sr. was 46 when he was killed at Standard Gravure in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 14, 1989. A pressman there for 26 years, Ganote had lost all his fingers in a 1976 pressroom accident but continued working and painted as a hobby. On the morning of September 14, former colleague Joseph T. Wesbecker entered the plant armed with multiple firearms, including a Polytech AK-47S, and began shooting on several floors.

Wesbecker entered the pressroom breakroom and shot the seven workers who were there; Ganote was struck in the head and died. Wesbecker killed eight people and wounded twelve others during a rampage that lasted about half an hour before he died by a self-inflicted wound. A lawsuit was later filed against the manufacturer of an antidepressant Wesbecker had been taking, alleging it contributed to his actions.

If anyone knew William Ganote or was at Standard Gravure that day, what details can be shared about him or the breakroom shooting?