Posted on 11/06/2009 9:27:25 AM PST by subterfuge
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Officers are on the scene of a shooting in downtown Orlando Friday. According to Orlando Fire Department dispatch, several people were shot and were transported to a local hospital.
The shooting happened at 1000 LEGION PL (see map) at the Gateway Center.
No other details are available at this time. Click REFRESH for the latest updates from WFTV.com.
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Take note of the tactics being used by the cops.
You may need to know them in the near future.
Orlando Office
Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc.
James R. Avitabile, PE - Transportation/Public Infrastructure
The Gateway Center
1000 Legion Place, Suite 800
Orlando, Florida 32801
Phone: (407) 893-5800
Fax: (407) 648-2128
Reynolds, Smith and Hills, CS, Incorporated
Dale Barnes, PE
The Gateway Center
1000 Legion Place, Suite 870
Orlando, Florida 32801
Phone: (407) 893-5873
Fax: (407) 648-9171
Listening to scanner...they’ve shut down I-4 westbound/east bound til further notice..
That “no guns” sign is the ticket for a post attack lawsuit.
He is taking responsibility for his employees saftey.
I used to work for Jim Avitabile at another company.
Why is it whenever a democrat is POTUS all hell breaks out like this?
Reynolds smith and hill engineering FL tampa bay news 9
Reynolds, Smith and Hills, CS, Incorporated
Dale Barnes, PE
The Gateway Center
1000 Legion Place, Suite 870
Orlando, Florida 32801
Phone: (407) 893-5873
Fax: (407) 648-9171
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So far- not bad. The PIO is not terrific- but the SWAT guys are good.
Orlando Sentinel Staff
1:36 p.m. EST, November 6, 2009
A former employee of a business located in a downtown Orlando building where a deadly mass shooting took place today is suspected in the attack.
Two people are dead and at least 17 were shot in the incident, which took place about noon today.
The suspect, Jason Rodriguez, 40, is believed to be driving a silver, 2002 Nissan SUV with tag number D11UXR, Orlando Police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones.
Police think he is armed and still in the area.
The shootings took place in the offices of Reynolds, Smith & Hill, a transportation consulting firm, according to Ken Jacobson, a spokesperson for the company in its Florida headquarters in Jacksonville . “We understand the shootings did take place in our office,” Jacobson said. “People were shot in our offices.”
He said he had limited information but the company Chief Operating Officer David Robertson and Senior Vice President of Transportation Joe Debs left from the Jacksonville offices en route to Orlando early Friday afternoon.
Although Orlando police confirmed Rodriguez, who worked at the consulting firm, e said he did not know the identity of the shooter: “We don’t know who would do this.”
Rodriguez was previously employed by the firm, his former supervisor said.
Bodies were found on the 12th and 8th floor of Legions Place, a 16-floor building north of Colonial Drive. Only the 12th floor has been cleared. The shooter has not been found, said Deputy Chief Mike Droege of the Orlando Fire Department.
“The building is not secure now,” he said. “It’s still unfolding.”
Seven people were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center. One person complaining about chest pains was taken to Florida Hospital South.
“They have not found the shooter to my knowledge,” Drudge added. “They’re still clearing floor by floor.”
Steve Olson, spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation, said one of the DOTs employees, a male, was in the building on official business and was shot.
He is alive and undergoing treatment. Olson would not elaborate on the injury or release the guy’s name.
Office workers are still inside. They have barricaded themselves inside and have received little information from authorities on whether it’s save to leave. 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,” said one woman who is inside the building. 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.
Officers with assault rifles are looking for a suspect with blue shirt and blue jeans. Many have their weapons pointed at the parking garage.
There is a heavy police presence near Lake Ivanhoe and traffic is being diverted.
Orlando police and orange county sheriffs deputies have blocked roads near the Orlando Chamber of Commerce and the Radisson hotel. All of the businesses between Marks Road south to Colonial Drive are evacuated.
A witness has told WFTV that a man who previously worked in the building walked inside and opened fire.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has postponed a trip to see his son out of town and is monitoring the situation from City Hall, spokeswoman Heather Allebaugh said. Dyer is waiting for an update from police, she said.
Check back for updates.
1 confirmed dead.
Not sure if that is him, could be looks similar.
He’s gonna kill himself if they don’t get to him first...
No...the shooter was born in 68 the guy you put up was born in 70.
WTH.
He’s 40 YO. That guy looks somewhat younger, but maybe it is.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Waco, Ruby Ridge, Oklahoma City....
Just heard that.
Hope it stays at that number.
I’ve been asking folks the same question.
I guess we’ll never know.
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