Woman beheaded in Oklahoma

Employees wait in the parking lot as police investigate an incident at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma. A man who had been fired from the food processing plant apparently beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official. Picture: Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman

Employees wait in the parking lot as police investigate an incident at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma. A man who had been fired from the food processing plant apparently beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official. Picture: Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman

Published Sep 29, 2014

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Moore, Oklahoma - Police say charges are expected in the beheading of a woman at a food distribution centre in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Moore police Sergeant Jeremy Lewis says murder and other charges against 30-year-old Alton Nolen will be presented to the district attorney for filing on Monday.

Cleveland County prosecutors did not return phone calls for comment on Sunday.

Nolen is suspected of attacking two women, beheading one of them, shortly after being fired on Thursday.

Police say reserve sheriff's deputy Mark Vaughan, the company's chief operating officer, ended the attack by shooting Nolen.

Nolen and the second victim in the attack were both taken to hospital and are expected to recover.

A hospital spokeswoman said on Sunday that she could not comment on Nolen's condition. - Sapa-AP

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