Florida slaying suspect surrenders
CrimeOne dies in Florida shooting
By The Associated Press
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Published: November 7, 2009
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 in his mother’s home,
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.
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.
Gov. Charlie Crist visited some of the wounded Friday afternoon.
"They’re obviously traumatized,” he said. 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.
Greg Cross, who works on the 12th floor, said he and his co-workers barricaded themselves inside after hearing about the gunman on television.
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