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Terminated Engineer kills one person in Florida
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Nov 6, 2009 4:43 PM
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Police: Gunman caught after killing 1 in Orlando
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer Mike Schneider, Associated Press Writer – 25 mins ago
ORLANDO, Fla. – A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others.
Jason Rodriguez, 40, surrendered about three hours later, after officers saw him through the window of his mother's home and asked him to come outside, Orlando Police Chief Val Demings said.
Asked by a reporter outside the police station why he did it, he replied: "Because they left me to rot."
Demings said Rodriguez brought a handgun to the firm in a downtown office tower where he once worked as an engineer, but investigators are not sure what his motive was.
"This is a tragedy, no doubt about it, especially on the heels of the tragedy in Fort Hood that is on our minds," Demings said. "I'm just glad we don't have any more fatalities or any more injuries than we currently have."
Charles W. Price, an attorney who represented Rodriguez in a bankruptcy case, declined to comment.
Camille Previlon told The Associated Press her uncle, engineer Guy Lungenbel, was shot in the back and was able to talk but had not said much about the shooting.
"He is stable," she said. "He's just hurting real bad in the back."
Everyone who was shot was in the offices of Reynolds Smith & Hills, on the eighth floor. The five survivors were in stable condition, Demings said.
A somber Gov. Charlie Crist visited some of the wounded at Orlando Regional Medical Center on Friday afternoon.
"They're obviously traumatized," he said. "At the same time, I was impressed with their spirit and strength."
He said he was thankful the shooting was not worse and said the victims "felt very lucky and blessed to be alive."
Reynolds Smith & Hills spokesman Mike Bernos said Rodriguez was an entry-level engineer who was fired in June 2007 after working there for a year.
"His performance wasn't up to our standards, so we terminated him," Bernos said. There had been no contact between the company and Rodriguez since then.
After the lunchtime shooting, some people streamed out of the Legion Place building while others holed up in their offices. A major highway was closed and nearby schools were locked down.
Greg Cross, who works in a real estate office on the 12th floor, said he and his co-workers barricaded themselves inside after hearing about the gunman on television.
"We were terrified," he said. "We locked the door and put a filing cabinet in front of the door and just waited."
Mark Vella, who works in a different office on the same floor, said he and five co-workers also pulled a filing cabinet in front of their door. They prayed and talked about what to do if the gunman showed up.
"It was a little scary, a little unnerving," Vella said. "We were afraid the guy was still in the building and making the rounds."
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Associated Press writers Travis Reed, Kelli Kennedy, Jennifer Kay, Laura Wides-Munoz, David Fischer and Damian Grass in Miami; Antonio Gonzalez, Mitch Stacy and Tamara Lush in Orlando; and Christine Armario in Tampa contributed to this report.
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Re: Terminated Engineer kills one person in Florida
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Nov 7, 2009 7:06 AM
in response to: Bill Nafta Gates
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Gotta wonder why more people aren't depressed and scared enough to do this. CONGRESS WAKE UP. We need to add the term, "Going IT." It will replace, "Going postal."
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Terminated Engineer kills one person in Florida
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Nov 7, 2009 7:30 AM
in response to: Bill Nafta Gates
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The engineer was terminated 2 years before this incident so the "going postal" explanation does not hold water. Maybe the Fort Hood massacre triggered some long simmering hatred towards his former employer and he acted on those feelings; delayed reaction. But why kill coworkers? They did not terminate the engineer. Kill the manager and/or executives? Sure, that would make slightly more sense from a psycho-analytic perspective.
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Terminated Engineer kills one person in Florida
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Nov 7, 2009 7:34 AM
in response to: Gracie
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> Gotta wonder why more people aren't depressed and
> scared enough to do this.
I have wonder the same thing although in the context of a US citizen being forced to train his/her H1-B Indian replacement and seeing the entire department becoming Indianized, for lack of a better word. Joe Sixpack walks into his office on the Friday before his lay-off comes into effect; walks into the department where he worked diligently for some years; raises a shotgun or semi-automatic handgun; opens fire on the sea of Indian faces; tosses a grenade into the office of the manager and walks away moments before the explosion.
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Re: Terminated Engineer kills one person in Florida
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Nov 8, 2009 12:11 AM
in response to: idm
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"But why kill coworkers? They did not terminate the engineer."
How do you know? I'be been stabbed in the back by co-workers more often than managers.
This story received parctically no press because the media doesn't want to stop The Global Economy.
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Re: Terminated Engineer kills one person in Florida
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Nov 8, 2009 12:16 AM
in response to: USCitizen
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ORLANDO, Florida: Jason Rodriguez, 40, accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said yesterday.
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Re: Terminated Engineer kills one person in Florida
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Nov 8, 2009 12:34 AM
in response to: CodeCorrector
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> ORLANDO, Florida: Jason Rodriguez, 40, accused of
> fatally shooting one employee and wounding five
> others at the firm where he once worked is "very
> mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of
> his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his
> attorney said yesterday.
In what order did he suffer these events to be considered "mentally ill".
Try being out of work for 2 years and having everyone tell you you're too old, too over qualified, etc...
I need more information before white washing the story.
Please don't forget that "insanity" is a legal, not a psychological, state of mind.
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