This June 2010 cell phone photo provided by Kristi Hannah, shows her boyfriend Omar Thornton. Police said Thornton killed eight people and wounded two, then turned the gun on himself in a rampage at a brewery in Manchester, Conn.
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Kristi Hanna with her boyfriend Omar S. Thornton are seen in a photo together. "He seemed like he was in daze," Kristi Hannah said about the behavior of her boyfriend, Omar Thornton, on Tuesday morning.
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Kristi Hannah, girlfriend of Omar S. Thompson, is seen here in a photo taken from her Myspace page. Hannah spoke with reporters and told the Post that Thornton, 34, seemed like "he had a lot on his mind" the night before.
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Omar S. Thornton is seen in a photo here. Thornton killed eight people before taking his own life after being asked to resign from his job at the Hartford Distributor.
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Authorities converge on Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn. Emergency personnel responded to a horrifying shooting that took place at the site when Omar S. Thompson fatally shot eight co-workers before turning the gun on himself.
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27 Lafayete Street in Enfield, CT. is seen here, this is believed to be the former residence of Omar S. Thornton.
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Family and friends gathered at Manchester High School as a staging area for relatives of the victims from the Hartford Distribution company after Omar S. Thornton opened fire on employees that he claimed were harassing him using racial slurs and actions.
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Police Chief Marc Montminy addresses the media during a press conference regarding the shooting of eight people by Omar S. Thornton at the Hartford Distributors.
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Connecticut State Police search a vehicle in the parking lot of the Hartford Distributors. The gunman, Omar Thornton calmly told his bosses that he would quit his job at the distributor -- "then he went on this rampage," said survivor Steve Hollander, a co-owner who was grazed by bullets.
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Henry Holliday, the uncle of the shooter, 55, left, and 2nd cousin of shooter Annette Levine, center, talk with media at home of Omar Thornton's mother.
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Authorities investigate a shooting at Hartford Distributors, Inc., in Manchester, Conn where Omar S. Thornton opened fire and took the lives of eight co-workers.
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Police comb the scene of the Hartford Distributors after Omar Thornton opened fire and killed eight of his co-workers and himself.
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The Hartford Distributors is seen here. Omar S. Thornton hid a gun in his lunch box and eventually opened fire in the building while being escorted out. Thornton claimed he was the target of racially motivated attacks and was asked to resign after video showed him stealing beer.