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May 2, 2008 5:13 pm US/Central

Man Charged In Fatal West Side Factory Shooting

CHICAGO (CBS) ― A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in a West Side factory April 30.

Filiberto Flores, 49, is charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of a worker at the O&G Specialty Wire and Spring, in the 4500 block of West Division.

It was a scene of anguish and torture for the loved ones of the slain employee gathered at the factory Wednesday afternoon. His family identified the man as Santos Rivera.

His family says the 28-year-old had worked at the factor for 10 years and was a supervisor. They said he had a wife and three children.

Rivera's nephew explained what the family had been told of the incident.

"He had got sent home; the guy left, but then the supervisors told him to come back to work," he said. "He was working, he had his back toward the guy, but he had ear plugs so he couldn't hear nothing… they told us he just came from the back and shot him."

Authorities said an altercation between two co-workers, a personal dispute of some kind, erupted Wednesday afternoon. The fight may have been simmering over the course of days.

One employee allegedly left the factory and came back, either alone or with others, and shot the other employee, reportedly in the head.

He died instantly.

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