I didn't hear any sounds of a confrontation or argument. Arthur Stein, a welder at the shipyard, was outside working on the boat. I was pretty frantic. His colleagues told him that the people in the office included a boat owner, yard manager and secretary. Stein also said the person who died at the scene was shot in the neck.
Someone needs to do something about gun control.
Seven years ago, another workplace-related shooting took place just three blocks away from today's shooting in Seattle. About 40 customers witnessed the shooting. Tippett owned Tippett Marine Services, which is located just seven blocks from the Northlake Shipyard Inc., where today's shooting took place. A business associate of Tippett, Michael W. Lindquist, later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with hiring Casbon to execute Tippett. Casbon's brother, Gernard Casbon, had worked for Lindquist at Tippett Marine Service.