The New York State Police, Troop D-Herkimer, release this photo of Herkimer and Mohawk, New York shooting suspect, Kurt R. Myers.By MICHAEL HILL and JOHN KEKIS
Associated Press
HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) - A man who worked for 20 years
with the shooter who killed four people in upstate New York says he was
a good worker but was "spooky" in a recent encounter.
Steve Copperwheat is owner of Environmental
Composites in Herkimer. He tells The Associated Press he hired Kurt
Myers as a machine operator in the early 1980s at Waterbury Felt, a
manufacturer of industrial textiles.
Copperwheat says Myers was intelligent, quiet and got along well with co-workers.
He says he hadn't seen Myers in about 10 years when
he saw him at a Wal-Mart three months ago. He says the encounter was
"spooky," with Myers very nervous and anxious to get away.
Myers was killed Thursday morning by police in a building where he had hidden since Wednesday morning's rampage.
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