On Tuesday afternoon, a disgruntled blogger forced her way into YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, and fired at employees before committing suicide. The incident follows a spate of mass shootings around the country. But it also points to a troubling trend, a rise in the number of workplace homicides across the U.S.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 500 workplace killings in 2016. That's up from 409 in 2014. While many of these murders represent violent acts like robberies, a significant portion are tallied from embittered current or former employees.
Lisa Pompeii, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Texas, discusses these alarming numbers as well as what workplaces can do better to prevent these deadly attacks.
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