Orlando shooter arrested

Sat Nov 7 2009 07:53:07

An ex-employee of an engineering consulting firm who was laid off in 2007 opened fire at his former workplace in Orlando, Florida, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.

The suspected gunman, who caused panic for several hours at the Gateway Center building in downtown Orlando, was arrested at his mother's home after fleeing the scene.

Police named the suspect as 40-year-old Jason Rodriguez, who had worked for 11 months as an engineer at the Orlando office of the Reynolds, Smith & Hill consulting company before being laid off, a company spokesman said.

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