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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