The Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center has released the autopsy results for the man who shot and killed three people and injured 14 others at Excel Industries in Hesston in February.
Toxicology results included in the report show that Cedric Ford had both methamphetamine and alcohol is his system when he died.
Dr. Timothy Rorhig, director of the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center, performed the toxicology test on Ford’s body. Rorhig, says the amount of meth in Ford’s system was extremely high.
“Individuals who haven’t used methamphetamine a lot, quite frankly, this concentration could potentially even kill them,” he says.
Rorhig says that intoxication by methamphetamine can cause bizarre, aggressive, and violent behavior, which he says is consistent with reports about Ford’s actions leading up to and during the shootings. Rorhig says the alcohol level in Ford’s blood was well below the legal limit.
According to the autopsy report, Ford died from multiple gunshot wounds. He was shot and killed by the chief of the Hesston Police Department.
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