Orlando Shooting
Orlando Shooting: Orlando police say an armed man has been arrested after killing one person and wounding five others in an office building downtown, where he was fired two years ago.
Police Chief Val Demings says age 40, Jason Rodriguez surrendered to police at his mother’s house after officers saw him through a window and asked to leave.
It is confirmed that one person died in the shootout in the downtown office building Place of the Legion. Five others were wounded.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A gunman opened fire on Friday at the offices of an engineering company, which was released over two years. At least six people were injured and police were seeking a gunman in a sport utility vehicle.
People came out of the 16-story office building Legion place around lunchtime and some local television stations said they had barricaded themselves inside their offices.
Orlando Fire Department Chief District Michael Droege said an unknown number of people were still in the building and could be injured. He said the SWAT team was trying to get people out.
“The building is not safe now,” he said. “It’s still unfolding.”
Police spokeswoman Barbara Jones Orlando identified the gunman as Jason Rodriguez, 40, and said it could be in a silver 2002 Nissan truck with registration D119UX. She said she used to work in the building but did not say when or where she went.
“I consider him armed and dangerous,” Jones said. She said that at least five people were taken to a hospital and another had chest pains, but not go to hospital. Orlando Regional Medical Center, said four people were treated in the emergency department.
Confirmed witnesses told police the shooting started Reynolds, Smith & Hill, a consulting firm in transportation engineering in the building.
Company spokesman Mike Bernof CNN all people were shot in the office of the company. He could not say whether he died.
Rodriguez, an engineer, was released in June 2007 for performance issues, Bernof said. He could not say why. The company performs work of transportation engineering with the Florida Department of Transportation.
Gerry Gilg, who works on the floor where the incident occurred, told The Associated Press that the meeting was a coworker in the elevator for lunch.
Orlando Shooting was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 1:36 am.
