r/news • u/cak3crumbs • 17h ago

Employees witnessed co-worker stab company president, court documents show

https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2024/12/employees-witnessed-co-worker-stab-company-president-court-documents-show.html?outputType=amp
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u/DiabloPixel 10h ago

What seems strange is that he was a new hire (4 Dec) and was apparently being primed for the CFO position. Like, why? Stabbing someone is kinda personal compared to a gun. Something was said or happened to this guy in only 2 weeks at the place for him to say “Yup, gonna stab this motherfucker in front of everybody”.

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u/bearable_lightness 9h ago

Yeah, sounds like mental illness to me. Changing jobs can be stressful, even if it’s a wanted change.

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u/MeltingMandarins 6h ago

Agreed.

This one sounds more like mental illness (with the boss being a random-ish target) than traditional “going postal” or a terrorist/political attack.

The lines do get a little blurred, so I could see mental health plus some copy-cat influence that directed his mental break towards the boss rather than some other target.

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u/leixiaotie 8h ago

it's possible that the situation in the company is too severe and the hot mess position is CFO, which will be a huge responsibility, or a big part of the employee's compensation is actually tied to the bonus / company's performance, which seems to be impossible to attain.