FBI officials are now working with local officials investigating a beheading at an Oklahoma City area food distribution center after co-workers said the suspect tried to convert them to Islam after his recent conversion.

The alleged suspect, Alton Nolen, 30, was recently fired from Vaughan Foods in Moore prior to Thursday’s attack. Moore Police Department Sgt. Jeremy Lewis said that Nolen drove to the front of the business, crashing his vehicle into another before walking inside. He then attacked Colleen Hufford, 54, stabbing her several times before severing her head. He also stabbed another woman, 43-year-old Traci Johnson.

Police say Mark Vaughan, the company’s chief operating officer and a reserve county deputy, shot Nolen as he was attacking Johnson, who remains hospitalized in stable condition.

Police and co-workers are hailing Vaughan as a hero.

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