One person was killed and another detained in a brawl at General Motors’ Orion assembly plant in Lake Orion, Michigan, early Thursday morning.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard released a statement about the fight on Twitter.
Police were called to the plant at around 1:40 a.m. Thursday because of a fight, and a 49-year-old man from Pontiac, Michigan, was found unconscious and bleeding in the plant’s dock area. Detroit News,
According to officials, public representatives found the victim unconscious and covered in blood. They assisted the man, but could not revive him and he was declared brought dead on the spot.
They also found that the person suspected of death was standing in the dock area of the plant and not far from the victim’s body.
Officials said the deputies also recovered an object believed to have been used in the murder.
Police is investigating what is the reason behind the incident
Both the victim and the suspect worked for a custodial company contracted by GM to clean up the plant. The victim worked for the company for only a few months before his death. The suspect, in his late forties, is being held in the Oakland County Jail awaiting charges of possible murder. Work at the plant manufacturing the Chevy Bolt has been canceled for the day. Orion plant received $300 million in EV investment Following the closure of the Lordstown GM plant.
Violence is not common, but crime at auto plants is nothing new. Car thieves stole seven Camaros from here earlier this year GM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant, leading a car chase police in half the state of Michigan. Payab There have also been some outright stolen vehicles From its plants this year. In 2010, there was a scam in the hands of automakers when Auto workers caught drinking and smoking ganja on their lunch break.