Two longtime workers were killed inside the sprawling Roundy’s Distribution Center and the suspect later died by suicide following a car crash in Milwaukee, authorities said Wednesday.
Law enforcement officials skimped on details, but the deaths sent a shock wave through the small suburban community and reminded people across the region of other incidents of workplace violence, especially the deadly shootings at the Molson Coors brewery just over a year ago.
Two law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Fraron Cornelius, 41, of Wauwatosa. A union official said Cornelius had worked at the facility for around 20 years.
Although, to be honest, my father worked for Roundy’s when its warehouse was in Wauwatosa. It moved out to Oconomowoc after he passed away.
When I was living with him, I worked at a Roundy’s-supplied grocery store, so he would sometimes write messages on the pallets coming to my store. Of course, when he would go on strike or get locked out, I’d cross the picket lines to go to work.
