Vernest James Griffin is a former employee of BSD Trucking in Taylor, Michigan. ^{[2] [0]}

Griffin was recently out on $5,000 bond after being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and felony firearm in December 2017. ^{[2] [0]}

On February 1, 2018, Griffin was taken into custody after going on a planned killing spree which left Keith Kitchen and Eriberto Perez dead. ^{[2] [0]}

Kitchen was shot and killed at a trucking business,BSD Linehaul Inc in Taylor, Michigan, at around 10:30 a.m. after Griffin walked in with a semiautomatic weapon and started shooting specifically targeting Kitchen. ^{[2] [0]}

He then allegedly held a gun to a truck driver's head, stole his semi-trailer truck, and drove of.

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Perez was fatally shot at a second business, Aluminum Blanking Company, Inc., in Pontiac. ^{[2] [0]}