The Latest: Ford's Facebook page includes photos of weapons

The Facebook page of a Cedric Ford who worked at the Kansas factory that was the scene of multiple shootings includes pictures of a man posing with a long gun and another of a handgun in a man's lap.

Recent posts on the Facebook page also include music videos of rappers in Miami, photos of cars and pictures of a trip to the zoo with children posted in January.

Brownback says in a statement that he, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the head of the Kansas Highway Patrol would meet with law enforcement officials Friday in Hesston.

A man whose son was wounded in an attack at a Kansas factory says his son told him that when the shooting started, people were yelling "gas fire, gas fire."

Authorities have identified a man who opened fire on the central Kansas factory where he worked, killing three people and wounding many others, as 38-year-old Cedric Ford.

A sheriff says the police officer who shot and killed a gunman who was attacking the central Kansas factory where he worked is a "tremendous hero."

Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said Friday that had the Hesston police officer not killed the man during the Thursday evening attack at the Excel Industries lawnmower parts plant, it "would be a whole lot more tragic."

Authorities say the attacker shot and wounded three people before storming into the factory, where he shot 15 others, killing three of them, before the officer killed him.

Pickett says the suspect shot two people while driving to the Excel Industries plant in Hesston where he worked and shot another person in the parking lot before going inside.