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Updated: Friday, 06 Aug 2010, 8:45 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 05 Aug 2010, 6:01 PM EDT
Connecticut State Police have released a 911 call made by the man they identified as the shooting at the Hartford Distributors facility in Manchester, Connecticut.
Thornton calmly explained to the 911 dispatcher why he went on a murderous rampage at the company he had just been fired from.
Thornton killed eight people before making the call and then turning a gun on himself.
In the call, he said the company was "a racist place."
"They're treating me bad over here. They're treating all other black employees bad over here too," he said. "So I had to take it into my own hands and handle the problem. And I wish I could have gotten more of the peole."
The operator told Thornton to relax, but the shooter said he was not going to shoot anyone else.
"Tell my people that I love them," he said at the end of the call. "And I got to go now."
Police believe Thornton shot himself shortly after hanging up.