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To: James1000 who wrote (174)	11/23/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: Frederic Conrad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 247

I wonder why this event didn't receive a greater degree of coverage by the main-stream media. Nov. 22, 1999 \| 1:24 p.m. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- An Ethiopian man who shot two white co-workers at an airport parking lot before turning the gun on himself left a bitter letter complaining of racist treatment by ``blood sucker'' white people. Negusse Zeleke, a shuttle bus driver at The Parking Spot near Kansas City International Airport, killed driver Michael Scott and critically wounded dispatcher Traci Riehle on Saturday before killing himself. In a three-page, typewritten note police released Monday, Zeleke complained about how he had been treated since coming to the United States in 1989. He specifically referred to ``black blood sucker supreme white people.'' The letter, dated Nov. 5, said political problems faced by Africans ``were created not by us, but they have created by previous colonies or today's white supremacists evil act. They divided you using different methods: by your language, religion, race, tribes et cetera, to make you down, to suck your blood.'' The letter said he had been laid off from a hotel in San Francisco and had worked as a taxi driver, parking attendant, warehouse worker, cashier and nursing assistant. There was no mention of his time at The Parking Spot, which had been in operation about six months, and it was unclear what led to the shootings. Company officials said Zeleke had an unblemished work record. Zeleke was married with two children. He also worked for an airport security company and was a cashier at a convenience store. Ms. Riehle was critically wounded in the shooting but managed to drive one of the shuttles to an airport terminal for help. She remained hospitalized Monday.