We now know the IRS worker who was killed in the attack on an office building in Austin. He was Vernon Hunter, a 67-year old Revenue Office Manager. He was responsible for collections. Correspondent Kris Gutierrez talked with his wife, Valerie, who also works for the IRS and was in the same building when the attack happened. They have six grown children who live outside of Austin and who are flying in to be with their mother.<\/p>\n
Valerie Hunter says before yesterday, she had never heard the name Joseph Stack. He\u2019s the man investigators say set fire to his own home before getting in a plane and flying it into the office building. Witnesses confirm it was a deliberate attack. They say the plane looked like it was \u201cdive-bombing\u201d the building that is next to a busy Austin freeway. Stack left behind a lengthy, obscenity-filled internet post expressing his frustration with the IRS. Within hours of the attack, several Facebook pages were created in support of Stack\u2019s barbaric attack. Looking at the building and the surrounding area, it\u2019s amazing more people were not killed or injured. Another person was also severely hurt in the attack, a worker for the Texas Comptroller\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Stack\u2019s wife has decided not to talk with the media at least for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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