The attacker (Maricopa County Jail screenshot)
Derrick Lemond Simmons, 50, was arrested after attacking the unidentified colleague with a bat, knife and ax at the semiconductor maker’s Ocutio campus on Saturday, according to court documents in Arizona.
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Chandler police who responded to the scene found the victim lifeless and another person injured. According to the report, the injured person is a person who intervened and was injured as a result.
Simmons was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on charges of first degree murder and aggravated assault and is being held on $1 million cash bail. Simmons has a prior felony conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The victim’s name has not been released because Chandler police have not yet notified his next of kin, Fox News reported.
In 2021, Intel broke ground on a $20 billion project at the Ocotillo campus, creating two chip factories in Arizona. The Arizona project has been hailed as the largest private sector investment in the state’s history. Intel itself did not respond to the incident.
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