BREAKING NEWS: At least 2 killed, 7 injured in shooting in Orlando, Fla., high-rise

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(CNN) -- Firefighters and police responded to a reported shooting Friday at a high-rise building in Orlando, Florida.

Authorities received a report shortly before noon of a shooting on an upper floor of the office building, said John Tormos of the Orlando Fire Department.

CNN affiliate WESH reported that at least eight people were shot at the Gateway Center -- a 16-story building.

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(CBS/AP) Police have surrounded a downtown Orlando high-rise after eight people were shot and at least two people were killed, CBS affiliate WKMG reports.

The six injured are trauma patients, the Fire Department said.

The Legions Place office building was ordered on lockdown Friday afternoon as officers began a floor-by-floor evacuation.

Orange County Sheriff's Spokesman Jim Solomons says his department is backing up Orlando police and they are still looking for an armed man wearing a light blue polo shirt and jeans.

A police spokeswoman didn't immediately return a phone call or e-mail.

Office workers are still inside, the Orlando Sentinel reports. They have barricaded themselves and do not know where the gunman is. One woman inside the building said they have been told the shooting possibly took place on the fourth or eighth floor.

"We've got everybody in one office, with the door barricaded with a chest of drawers. There are about 20 of us in here. We're scared," one woman who is inside the building told the newspaper. She asked her name and that of her business not be used because she fears for her life.

"We're watching TV, trying to see what is going on, but we really don't know. We're scared. We're safe right now, but we're scared," she said.

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DEVELOPING: Authorities have identified the alleged gunman as Jason Rodriguez, 40, a former employee at the office building.

Rodriguez remains at large. He is considered armed and dangerous. He is believed to be driving a 2002 silver Nissan SUV with Florida license plates D119UX

Police have not confirmed the number of victims. They said five patients were transported to a local hospital.

Police do not know what Rodriguez's motive was.

Police are in the process of thoroughly searching the perimeter of the office building. They could not confirm that the building had been completely searched.

Police asked community members to keep their eyes open for the suspect.

MyFoxOrlando reported that two people were killed and eight injured.

<<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,572605,00.html

“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

Unlike our COWARD at Ft. Hood, there is no evidence presented about this shooter.
The Killer at Ft Hood had plentiful evidence that show his motive and frame of mind as well as many warning signs that were not acted upon in time to prevent this tragedy.
Apples to Oranges. I do wonder if the suspect in FLorida was here illegally or not

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Originally posted by FlankerFlyer:

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

Unlike our COWARD at Ft. Hood, there is no evidence presented about this shooter.
The Killer at Ft Hood had plentiful evidence that show his motive and frame of mind as well as many warning signs that were not acted upon in time to prevent this tragedy.
Apples to Oranges. I do wonder if the suspect in FLorida was here illegally or not

You don’t consider Rodriguez a coward? Why not? He shot unarmed people, too!

Sorry, but unless you’re part of the investigative team, you don’t have anything except suspicion. Even Lt. Gen. Cone said that so far this doesn’t appear terrorist related.

I’m sorry if that buggers up your agenda, and your desire to start pogroms against Muslims, but that’s just the way it is.

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Originally posted by psychoABN:

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

Indeed!

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Originally posted by FlankerFlyer:
DEVELOPING: Authorities have identified the alleged gunman as Jason Rodriguez, 40, a former employee at the office building.

Rodriguez remains at large. He is considered armed and dangerous. He is believed to be driving a 2002 silver Nissan SUV with Florida license plates D119UX

Police have not confirmed the number of victims. They said five patients were transported to a local hospital.

Police do not know what Rodriguez's motive was.

Police are in the process of thoroughly searching the perimeter of the office building. They could not confirm that the building had been completely searched.

Police asked community members to keep their eyes open for the suspect.

MyFoxOrlando reported that two people were killed and eight injured.

<<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,572605,00.html

MSN.com is reporting 1 dead, 5 wounded & suspect has now been apprehended.

Another loser and another senseless killing spree...When are we going to start weeding these sh@tturds out of the general public?


I am sure some anti gun nut job will use this shooting in combination with the rest to try to push for a gun ban, but they fail to realize that in almost all shooting cases the good guys (victims) are unarmed due to their regulations.

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

Aw c'mon Dale!...
Respectfully, SUNLINER81

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Originally posted by DaleU:

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Originally posted by FlankerFlyer:

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

Unlike our COWARD at Ft. Hood, there is no evidence presented about this shooter.
The Killer at Ft Hood had plentiful evidence that show his motive and frame of mind as well as many warning signs that were not acted upon in time to prevent this tragedy.
Apples to Oranges. I do wonder if the suspect in FLorida was here illegally or not

You don’t consider Rodriguez a coward? Why not? He shot unarmed people, too!

Sorry, but unless you’re part of the investigative team, you don’t have anything except suspicion. Even Lt. Gen. Cone said that so far this doesn’t appear terrorist related.

I’m sorry if that buggers up your agenda, and your desire to start pogroms against Muslims, but that’s just the way it is.

Face it, the more that comes out, the more your man at Hood looks like a terrorist. I lost the link, but NPR came out with a whole lot of information on your man, Hassan.

Sounds as if the shooter finally went postal over a firing that happened 2+ years ago..........sad.

Now is time to find a tall tree and a short rope.

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Originally posted by scoutsout1:
Another loser and another senseless killing spree...When are we going to start weeding these sh@tturds out of the general public?


I am sure some anti gun nut job will use this shooting in combination with the rest to try to push for a gun ban, but they fail to realize that in almost all shooting cases the good guys (victims) are unarmed due to their regulations.

Not an anti-gun nutjob (I have several of my own) but it is noticeable that we don't have regular (ie more than once a year) massacres nor do any of the other developed nations that make buying a deadly weapon slightly more difficult than buying beer.
Is it a problem with access to guns being too easy or is it something more insidious like a dark facet of the American psyche?

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Originally posted by Bladensburg:

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Originally posted by scoutsout1:
Another loser and another senseless killing spree...When are we going to start weeding these sh@tturds out of the general public?


I am sure some anti gun nut job will use this shooting in combination with the rest to try to push for a gun ban, but they fail to realize that in almost all shooting cases the good guys (victims) are unarmed due to their regulations.

Not an anti-gun nutjob (I have several of my own) but it is noticeable that we don't have regular (ie more than once a year) massacres nor do any of the other developed nations that make buying a deadly weapon slightly more difficult than buying beer.
Is it a problem with access to guns being too easy or is it something more insidious like a dark facet of the American psyche?

It is not as "easy as buying beer" to purchase a firearm either...
You have to provide legal identification, fill out a "DROS", Dealers Record of Sale, submit it to the national and state data base, wait for the approval, during which their is a mandatory ten day wait period...
Some people go to "gun shows" and purchase guns, yet, the same rules apply as far as I.D. and data base check...
When you transfer a firearm between private parties, at least now in the state of California, you must go through a licensed firearms dealership and follow the same rules, while the dealership holds the firearm under lock and key, till approval of sale and the waiting period...
Now, do people break the laws?...
Yup, sure they do but, if they are caught, it is not pleasant for them, including the loss of ownership of firearms...
Is there a "dark side" to the American psyche?...
Don't know but I would imagine no more so than any place else...
IMHO...
Respectfully, SUNLINER81

Excuse my flippancy but I was asking a genuine question that emerged from a conversation I had with a German friend just after their mass shooting this year.
We were trying to decide whether it was the access to guns or something else do we totted up all the incidents in western Europe and Scandinavia over the last few years using Google and compared them with a similarly crude round up for America and I'm afraid you managed to come out on top in terms of number of incidents and death-toll, despite a couple of nasty ones in Finland and Germany.
What was noticeable though was that the American ones often seemed to be related to employment issues, a man would get sacked and then go and kill half his old colleagues whereas that didn't seem to be so common over here. So we speculated that there was something about the American mindset that might cause this, perhaps a downside to your generally more positive outlook. Any thoughts?

Oh and the "easier than beer" comment was just a cheap dig at the way you can buy guns years before you can buy a drink, sorry.


On a more serious note, one mass shooting tends to set off a series of copycats, are the police in the US on a higher state of alert immediately afterwards?

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

Maybe he was hanging out with Bill Ayers?

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Originally posted by Bladensburg:
Excuse my flippancy but I was asking a genuine question that emerged from a conversation I had with a German friend just after their mass shooting this year.
We were trying to decide whether it was the access to guns or something else do we totted up all the incidents in western Europe and Scandinavia over the last few years using Google and compared them with a similarly crude round up for America and I'm afraid you managed to come out on top in terms of number of incidents and death-toll, despite a couple of nasty ones in Finland and Germany.
What was noticeable though was that the American ones often seemed to be related to employment issues, a man would get sacked and then go and kill half his old colleagues whereas that didn't seem to be so common over here. So we speculated that there was something about the American mindset that might cause this, perhaps a downside to your generally more positive outlook. Any thoughts?

Oh and the "easier than beer" comment was just a cheap dig at the way you can buy guns years before you can buy a drink, sorry.


On a more serious note, one mass shooting tends to set off a series of copycats, are the police in the US on a higher state of alert immediately afterwards?

Well, if you compared the "per capita" populations of the countries you mentioned with that of the United States, I wonder how it would translate?...
Yeah, we do have some messed up "drinking laws" and it varies between the fifty states and territories and even from military post to military post...
When I was eighteen and stationed at Cecil Field in Florida, I could drink on base and not in town...
When I was stationed at Pt. Mugu, in California, you could drink on base, at eighteen and not in town...
When at Lemoore, in California, you couldn't drink, at eighteen, on base or in town, go figure...
For years, you couldn't vote at eighteen in the military, yet you could go out and "kill the enemy" for your country, you also couldn't buy a firearm, in some states, go figure that one...
Our "culture", if you can say that there is one unified one, in the United States is, at least in my opinion, is one from the "old west", if you are "done wrong", you can meet 'em at high noon in the middle of the street and "settle man to man"...
Not a reality from the "old west", as most "gun fights" were bloody ambushes and the "high noon" shoot out in the middle of the street, was mostly, not always, total fiction...
So, I guess some people, try and handle "it" along the lines of a myth created in popular press of the day and in T.V. and movies of today...
Would this happen if that person could not have access to firearms?...
That is a "moot point", hopefully, we will never know...
When it comes to the "availability" of firearms in the United States, I can only offer to you the Biblical phrase, "...To whom much is given, much is expected..."...
Least that's my take on it and like I said, it is just, "one guys opinion"...
Respectfully, SUNLINER81

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Originally posted by DaleU:
“Police do not know what Rodriguez’s motive was.”

Well then he must be an Islamic terrorist!

if he is not a terrorist, he COULD be an illega.... i mean... he has an Illegal alien name...