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Police capture Orlando office shooter

ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI) -- Police arrested a man suspected of opening fire in an Orlando, Fla., office high-rise Friday, killing one person and wounding five, Mayor Buddy Dyer said.

One person died and five people suffered gunshot wounds, while another person experienced chest pains while being evacuated from the building, a police official said during a news conference.

Jason Rodriguez, 40, was apprehended at his mother's apartment just a few hours after the gunfire at the Legions Place structure, Orlando Police Chief Val Demings said.

"I really wish I knew his motive," Demings said, adding investigators were "working around the clock trying to find out why he did what he did today."

CNN reported the suspect was let go by Reynolds, Smith and Hills architectural and engineering firm, located in the building, because of performance issues in June 2007.

"We are confident at this point is it was one, lone gunman," Demings said.

Dyer and Demings said emergency personnel responded within a minute of receiving the 911 call. SWAT teams conducted a floor-by-floor search for the suspect.

The incident prompted prompted a lockdown at the Edgewater High School nearby and the Orlando Regional Medical Center closed its emergency room to patients to better handle the shooting victims, WESH-TV, Orlando, reported.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 11/06/2009

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