Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sad: 5 People Shot To Death In Minneapolis

From the Star Tribune: A man who apparently had just lost his job at a small business in Minneapolis' Bryn Mawr neighborhood returned to the building Thursday afternoon and opened fire, killing the company's founder and three others before taking his own life. Four people were hurt, three critically.
Early Friday, police said that five people were killed; only the gunman and company founder Reuven Rahamim were known to be dead.
Two other company executives, director of operations John Souter and production manager Eric Rivers, were in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center. Hospital officials said one other victim was in critical condition and a fourth was in satisfactory condition. Those two victims have not been identified.
Police swarmed to the chaotic scene, which unfolded just after 4:30 p.m. inside Accent Signage Systems, 2322 Chestnut Av. W. One of the dead was Rahamim, a business associate of Rahamim said late Thursday.
As those from the neighborhood who heard the shots fled in fear or gathered nearby seeking information, officers from many law enforcement agencies, including SWAT team specialists, swarmed to the scene. About an hour into the incident, scanner reports came that the shooter was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot in the building's basement. Although his name was not released or confirmed by police or the company, sources identified him as Andrew J. Engeldinger, 36. Late Thursday, the south Minneapolis house Engeldinger owns and occupies was searched by rifle-toting law enforcement personnel wearing body armor.  http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/171609251.html
This is another hazard of being a business owner.  If you hire and then fie a person, throwing that person's life in chaos, the owner can face serious threats from former employees.  I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.

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