Orlando Police Hunt Suspect in Office Shooting (Updated)
[Guest post by DRJ]
Another day, another mass shooting:
“The Orlando Fire Department said two people were killed and eight injured in a shooting Friday at an office building in Orlando, MyFoxOrlando.com reported.
Police have surrounded a Florida high-rise after gun shots were reportedly fired.
The Legions Place office building in downtown Orlando was ordered on lockdown Friday afternoon as officers began a floor-by-floor evacuation.”
– DRJ
UPDATE: The suspect has been caught. It was reportedly a workplace shooting committed by a former employee with money problems.
This looks like a workplace shooting, not Islamic terrorism according to early reports.
Comment by ropelight (db98cc) — 11/6/2009 @ 10:39 am
rope
given the bs the media pulls we can’t be sure.
Comment by A.W. (e7d72e) — 11/6/2009 @ 10:49 am
fyi, supposedly they got the guy.
Comment by A.W. (e7d72e) — 11/6/2009 @ 11:57 am
Given the frustration levels and employment uncertainty adding stress for so many people, should we be surprised when more people ‘go postal’ ?
Comment by Alasdair (205079) — 11/6/2009 @ 11:57 am
One of my cousins apparently. **Ethnic joke **
Comment by HeavenSent (01a566) — 11/6/2009 @ 12:54 pm
You know (and this is a bit on a non-sequiter), I _really_ depise the term “lockdown” when applied to anything except prisons and those who dwell in prisons. “Ordered on lockdown” – OK, maybe for schools, but then the little buggers are consigned in loco parentis to their teachers so I guess locking them down is parental / guardian perogative. A neighborhood or private residence with free adults, not so much.
Comment by JSinAZ (ee1d62) — 11/6/2009 @ 12:58 pm
Caught…
http://is.gd/4P7ck
[Thanks for the link, Steve. I've updated the post. -- DRJ]
Comment by Steve (CT) (0d2086) — 11/6/2009 @ 1:18 pm
Was the guy a legal resident or citizen?
Comment by Jack (2ff693) — 11/6/2009 @ 9:31 pm