Dallas FedEx Worker Charged after Attack on co-Worker

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Dallas, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – Authorities said a Dalla FedEx employee was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly attacking and shooting his co-worker.

Ian Hollingsworth, 25, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the incident on Sept. 17 at the Dallas, Texas, FedEx facility. Police said his co-worker Reginald Miles, was taken to Methodist Dallas Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition on Monday.

Investigators said Miles was sitting in a 2018 Nissan Sport waiting for his shift to start when Hollingsworth block the vehicle with his 2013 Chevrolet pickup. Hollingsworth then exited the pickup and began to hit Miles’ car window with a hammer.

According to police records, Hollingsworth hit the front driver-side window of Miles’ car, then hit Miles with the hammer multiple times. Police said Hollingsworth was arguing with Miles the entire time. Miles told police that he feared for his life and pulled out his .32 revolver and got out of the car. Hollingsworth then hit Miles in the hand and knocked him to the ground causing him to drop the gun.

Hollingsworth then picked up Miles’ gun and shot him with it three times – twice in the shoulder and once in the chest. Once he finished shooting Miles, Hollingsworth got back into his car and drove away, the warrant said.

Hollingsworth fled in his truck to his home in Grand Prairie where police later found and arrested him. Hollingsworth’s father convinced him to surrender to the police. The hammer and the revolver were both found in Hollingsworth’s truck, police said.

Officials said Miles has been a FedEx employee since 1994, and Hollingsworth has worked at the FedEx location since 2021. Miles told police Hollingsworth had accused him of giving him dirty looks but was unsure why the tension between the two had escalated to the point of conflict.

A witness to the incident told police that Hollingsworth had texted them after the incident saying he wasn’t sorry for what he had done and that he had acted because others wouldn’t.

Other co-workers witnessed the attack and heard gunshots. At least one other employee said they had captured the attack on their cell phone. Officials said there was also surveillance footage of the incident.

Oddly, hammer attacks aren’t uncommon.

In late August, a man attacked his co-worker as they were closing the Bellevue, Wash., restaurant they worked at.

According to Bellevue Police, officers were called to a restaurant on Bel Red Road around 1:43 a.m. When they arrived, they found a 56-year-old man with injuries to his head.

Police said the two co-workers were closing the restaurant when the suspect, a 48-year-old man, struck the victim in the head with a hammer. Officials said the suspect fled the scene, leading to a search of the neighborhood.

The suspect was located near the scene of the attack around 2 a.m. He was arrested and charged with assault.

Both the victim and the suspect were taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was taken into custody. Investigators are continuing to investigate the incident.

In 2023, an Indianapolis man was charged with attempted murder after police said he attacked a coworker with a hammer at work.

Officials said Austin Hahn, 27, from Anderson, was arrested on August 21, 2023 anger investigators with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department determined he was responsible for the attack.

IMPD officers were called to the Bright Sheet Metal Company for a report of battery. Upon arrival, officers found the victim with trauma injuries to his face and head. The victim was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in serious condition. The victim suffered a brain bleed, several skull fractures, a cut to his face, a hole in his jaw and several missing teeth.

The victim told police he had been working at a station inside the sheet metal company when he was hit in the back of the head and was knocked unconscious. Investigators said witnesses identified Hahn as the attacker. Hahn worked at the same workstation, and witnesses said Hahn and the victim were “the best of friends” but had gotten into a fight the week before.

One coworker and witness said Hahn had made the victim mad, but that Hahn had apologized later that day. Several people working within feet of the workstation said they witnessed Hahn approach the victim from behind, swing the hammer above his head and hit the victim multiple times in the head.

Witnesses said Hahn hit the victim between six and seven times before throwing the hammer in the trash can and “calmly” walking out the back entrance of the facility and driving away in his car. One witness said Hahn walked into the backroom, tapped him on the chest and said “s**t happens” before walking out to the parking lot.

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