Police in Adams County have identified the 75-year-old man they say shot his former boss before taking his own life at a distribution center early this morning.

According to the Eastern Adams Regional Police Department, Phillip M. Hughes, 75, of Marshville, North Carolina, took his own life after he shot and killed 58-year-old John Frey, of York, at the Plainville Farms Distribution Center on the 5900 block of York Road in Oxford Township.

Hughes, an independent trucking contractor, had been fired the day before shooting Frey, the company’s transportation supervisor, police say.

According to police, the incident occurred like this:

Officers rushed to the call of shots fired around 5:23 a.m. today and found the two men lying between two parked cars in the parking lot.

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Both were dead when police arrived. A witness told officers he called 911 and took cover after he heard three gunshots.

While he did not see the actual shooting, the witness said he saw a white Dodge Caravan parked in an adjacent parking lot, then saw it driving up and down the driveway for some time, which he thought was suspicious.

Around 5:20 a.m., Frey got to work and parked in the employee lot near the loading docks. As he got out of his car, Hughes, the driver of the Caravan, quickly pulled up beside him and parked.

Hughes got out and fired two shots at point-blank range, fatally shooting Frey in the right side of the head.

Hughes then put the gun under his chin and fired one more time, taking his own life.

Police found a Smith & Wesson 5-shot Chief’s Special with two live rounds and three spent rounds, as well as five more live rounds in Hughes’ pocket.

The incident has been described by authorities as a murder-suicide.