John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted" wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Something strange like that happened after that Sri Lankan family was murdered in Ontario. Was referred to as a mass shooting until no, wait, was a knife.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Sometimes reporters get details of the story wrong. I don't know what's so strange about that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Bit of a lack of professionalism there.

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