Five people killed in Florida workplace shooting – VIDEO
UPDATE: A man fired from his warehouse job in April returned to his old workplace near Orlando on Monday and fatally shot five people before killing himself, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said.
The 45-year-old suspect was armed with a handgun and knife when he entered a business called Fiamma, which describes itself as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of awnings for recreational vehicles.
The unidentified assailant shot and killed five people before turning the gun on himself, Demings said at a press briefing. Three men and one woman died at the scene, and another man died at an area hospital, while seven others were not injured. There was no indication that he used the knife on his victims.
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The unidentified assailant had a history of misdemeanor criminal offenses but was not linked to any terror organizations, said the sheriff, who described the shootings as workplace violence.
“He was a disgruntled employee that came back to this business this morning,” Demings said. “It appears this incident has nothing to do with any global terror activities.”
In June 2014, Orange County deputies investigated a report that the man battered another employee at the warehouse, but no charges were brought, Demings said.
Multiple people were killed in a workplace shooting in Orlando, Florida, on Monday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said, adding that the situation had stabilized.
“Now investigating tragic incident,” the sheriff’s office posted on Twitter.
Citing unnamed law enforcement sources, WFTV said in a live streaming broadcast that four victims and a shooter had died.
Details about what happened were not immediately available. The shooting occurred in an industrial area with multiple warehouses on Forsyth Road and Hanging Moss Road, the sheriff’s office said.
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Sheriff Demings on scene of tragic shooting with multiple fatalities. Getting briefing. Will address media shortly. pic.twitter.com/f7jZrmXuhl
— OCSO FL News (@OrangeCoSheriff) June 5, 2017
OCSO on shooting scene w/ multiple fatalities. Situation contained, Now investigating tragic incident & will soon have accurate information
— OCSO FL News (@OrangeCoSheriff) June 5, 2017
Emergency vehicles with flashing lights were lined up on the closed roadway in the Winter Park suburb of Orlando. Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs was on the scene, according to local television images.
The shooting took place almost a year after 49 people were killed on June 12, 2016, at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. At least 58 people were also injured.
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