Suspected shooter in Orlando high-rise attack arrested

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Friday, November 6th, 2009 -- 12:54 pm
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Update 2:26PM ET: Five wounded shooting victims... one confirmed death, though police are unclear on whether the individual who died was killed as a result of the attack or of a heart condition. Police say the shooter is now in custody. "He was located at his mother's residence, and he is now in custody."

Jason Rodriguez, 40, was said to have surrendered after being spotted in the window of his mother's apartment building.

UPDATE 1:45PM ET: Police have identified the suspected shooter as a former employee, Jason Rodriguez. He is 40 years old.

They've identified his car as a silver Nissan SUV, and released the tag as D11UX.

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At a live press conference, police spokeswoman Barbara Jones said the number of victims was fewer than ten, and that there was only one reported shooter. The suspect may have left the building, a spokesperson said.

Police have now confirmed one person is dead, and their body remains in the building.

The company he worked for was Reynolds, Smith and Hill, an engineering firm, located on the eighth floor.

Four local schools are on lockdown.

orlandoflorida2009 Suspected shooter in Orlando high rise attack arrestedFrom WESH in Orlando, Florida:

At least eight people were injured in a mass shooting inside a downtown Orlando high-rise just before noon Friday, according to the Orlando Fire Department.

Firefighters were called to Gateway Center at 1000 Legion Place around 11:30 a.m. The building is near Lake Ivanhoe.

All patients have been taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center. At least four of the eight patients are serious trauma cases. Due to the incident, the emergency room has been closed to patients. The ER is on status X.

Dispatchers with the Orlando Fire Department said a shooting with multiple victims was reported on the eighth floor.

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that two people are dead:

Eight people have been shot at an office building in downtown Orlando. Four of the eight are in trauma condition. The building is called Legions Place. Interstate 4 is shutdown eastbound.

News outlets are reporting that two people are dead.

Office workers are still inside. They have barricaded themselves and do not know where the gunman is. One woman inside the building said they have been told the shooting possibly took place on the fourth or eighth floor.

"We've got everybody in one office, with the door barricaded with a chest of drawers. There are about 20 of us in here. We're scared," said one woman who is inside the building. She asked her name and that of her business not be used because she fears for her life.

"We're watching TV, trying to see what is going on, but we really don't know. We're scared. We're safe right now, but we're scared," she said.

Read more on this breaking story at WESH and the Sentinel.

AP says office workers are "streaming out of the building."

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  • AlwaysFloridaAndTexas
    Florida and Texas, Florida and Texas, Florida and Texas, Florida and Texas, Florida and Texas, Florida and Texas, Florida and Texas
  • megmca
    Does Fox have a theory that the shooter is muslim yet?

    I think it is probably tied to the new unemployment numbers more than religion.
  • lousgirl84
    I don't know what's worse, having an arabic last name or a latino last name when it cones to Fox. They hate everyone who isn't white american.
  • megmca
    True.
  • afoy
    Let's see if yesterday's bigots will accuse this man of being a Christian, probably not.

    Lou Dobbs will spin this against "Mexicans" and "illegal aliens".

    This country needs help.
  • vietnow
    tragic, yet I cant help but wonder what these two back to back shootings are destracting out attention from?

    Look over here!! big news!
  • Well, I have a feeling this is one of the things we aren't supposed to be paying too much attention to:

    "Astonishingly, at a time when the public is crying out for greater regulation to limit excessive risk-taking by financial institutions, the banks are trying to get Congress to agree that the next time there's a big downturn, they should have the ability to alter their accounting standards -- essentially, fudge the numbers -- so that the public and investors won't be able to tell how insolvent they really are. By ignoring their declining asset values, they can avoid the standard requirement of raising more capital.

    The mechanism is contained in an amendment set to be introduced in mid-November by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) that would move final authority over the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) from the Securities and Exchange Commission to a new body, a so-called "oversight" board, that would include the officials charged with managing systemic risks to the financial markets."
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