An erratic man with criminal records who was laid off by a company in the United States of America has taken out 5 people including himself.
Five
people were shot and killed at an Orlando business on Monday morning by
a "disgruntled" former employee who then turned the gun on himself,
police said.
Officers responded to a call about an active shooter at Fiamma off Forsyth Road in Orange County, near Full Sail University, just after 8 a.m., Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said in a news conference.
Deputies
arrived two minutes later, where they found three men and a woman dead
at the scene. A fifth person, a man, was rushed to the hospital, where
he was pronounced dead. Seven people survived the shooting.
Demings
said that the alleged shooter, who killed himself, was identified as a
45-year-old man who had been fired from Fiamma Inc., an awning
manufacturing company, back in April. The employee had a criminal
history "minor in nature," with arrests for possession of marijuana and
DUI. Officers had been called to the company back in June 2014 for a
"workplace violence incident" in which "he allegedly battled another
employee here in the business," Demings said.
Shelley Adams told The Associated Press that her sister, Sheila McIntyre,
called her from the building's bathroom during the shooting and was
very upset. She kept repeating "My boss is dead. My boss is dead," Adams
said.
A witness said they heard multiple, very loud gunshots, according to Fox 35 Orlando.
The
FBI was on the scene assisting local police on the investigation, a
spokesperson from the bureau told Fox News. But Demings said authorities
could not "connect the incident to any global terrorism."
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said in a statement that he has been briefed on the situation.
"Over the past year, the Orlando community has been challenged like never before," Scott said.
"Ann
and I are praying for the families who lost loved ones today. I ask all
Floridians to pray for the families impacted by this senseless act of
violence. I will remain in contact with the Orlando law enforcement
community throughout the day as more information is made available," the statement read.
The
shooting comes a week before the one-year anniversary of the Pulse
nightclub massacre, also in Orlando, where 49 people were fatally shot
by Omar Mateen, an Islamic extremist.
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