SUNNYVALE, Calif. — A man believed to be the disgruntled employee accused of opening fire on his co-workers at a California limestone quarry was shot and killed by deputies Thursday, authorities said.
Three deputies on routine patrol in a Sunnyvale neighborhood encountered the man matching Shareef Allman’s description about 7:30 a.m., Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said. He was crouched behind a vehicle in the driveway of a home.
The deputies opened fire after the man “displayed in a threatening manner his firearm,” Smith said.
The shooting took place in a residential neighborhood about 5 miles east of the Lehigh Southwest Cement Permanente Plant, where Allman allegedly opened fire during a routine safety meeting a day earlier. Three people died and six were wounded.
Authorities think Allman also shot a woman in an attempted carjacking a couple of hours after fleeing the quarry.
Thursday’s encounter with law enforcement took place about a block from that carjacking, near the Cupertino campus of Hewlett-Packard Co.
According to authorities, Allman became upset Wednesday during the meeting at the quarry. He left briefly and returned with a handgun and rifle and started shooting people, Santa Clara County sheriff’s Lt. Rick Sung said. About 15 workers were at the meeting.
In addition to working at the quarry, Allman ran a nonprofit group for youths and produced and hosted a public access television show for CreaTV in San Jose. He also wrote a novel titled “Saving Grace,” about the evils of domestic violence.
