Aurora victim's dad: 'My son died trying to set it straight'
Russell Beyer had a "big heart" and tried his best to make his office a better place, his dad said.
That's why the 20-year mold operator and union chairman from Yorkville sat in on a termination meeting Friday afternoon at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora.
The meeting started with Gary Montez Martin - whose job Beyer already had helped win back two months earlier - getting fired for the second time.
It ended with the man killing almost everyone in the room, including Beyer, authorities said.
"He was a hard worker, just like I was," said his father Ted Beyer. "I loved him … We were close. He was my first kid."
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