Police: Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace:
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man fired from a food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official, police said Friday.
AP Photo: The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney
Moore Police Sgt. Jeremy Lewis said police are waiting until Alton Nolen, 30, is conscious to arrest him in Thursday's attack and have asked the to help investigate after co-workers at Vaughan Foods in the south suburb told authorities that he recently started trying to convert several employees to Islam.
In this Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, photo, Vaughan Foods President Mark Vaughan poses for a photo at the food processing plant in Moore, Okla. Authorities said Sept. 26, 2014, that a man fired from an food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and then stabbed another worker on Thursday before being shot by Vaughan.
Nolen severed the head of Colleen Hufford, 54, Lewis said.
Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace
Lewis said Nolen then stabbed Traci Johnson, 43, a number of times before Mark Vaughan, a reserve sheriff's deputy and the company's chief operating officer, shot him.
"This was not going to stop if he didn't stop it. It could have gotten a lot worse," Lewis said. "The threat had already stopped once we arrived."
Lewis said Moore police have asked the FBI to look into the man's background because of the nature of the attack, which follows a series of videotaped beheadings by Islamic State militants.
In a statement, FBI Special Agent in Charge James E. Finch said the motive for the attack has not been determined but that there is no reason to believe there is a threat to anyone else.
Johnson and the suspect were hospitalized and in stable condition Friday, Lewis said. Nolen had not yet been charged and Lewsi said he didn't know what charges the suspect would face.
Oklahoma Department of records say Nolen has served time in prison and is on probation for assault and battery on a police officer. He also was convicted of cocaine possession with intent to distribute in 2011.
Corrections records show Nolen has what appear to be religious tattoos, including one referencing Jesus and one in Arabic that means "peace be with you."
Lewis said Nolen had been fired in a building that houses the company's human resources office, then immediately drove to the entrance of the business. Lewis said he didn't know why the man was fired.
A Vaughan spokeswoman said the company was "shocked and deeply saddened" by the attack.
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