Orlando, FL - Office Shooting

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Date: 11-06-09

Time: 1215hrs Local

Location: Gateway Center Building I/A/O I-4, Ivanhoe Blvd., & North Orange Ave.

Units/Agencies: Orlando PD and Orlando Swat, OCSO & OCSO Avaition, Orlando FD, RuralMetro EMS.

Description: Shooting on 8th floor of Gateway Center reported to be by former employee. 7 shooting victims (several in trauma arrest) tx to ORMC 1 chestpain tx to Florida Hospital South. I-4 shut down both ways at SR 50 and Princeton St. All local buildings on lockdown. Swat going floor by floor to evacuate, tx, and triage as needed.

Writer: MFC2257

Update: Appears that one fatality with at least 5 other shooting victims along with one with chest pain. Suspect caught at his mothers house aprox 5 miles from crime scene. ORMC PIO reports 1 person in surgery 3 others likely to go to surgery as well.

Edited November 6, 2009 by mfc2257