A workplace shooting in Minneapolis on Thuesday has left at least two people dead and four others wounded, police said. The shooting at Accent Signage Systems, on the city’s north side, resulted in “a couple of fatalities” and at least four people being taken to hospitals. He said police are treating it as an active crime scene.
A high-ranking law enforcement source confirmed to the Fox affiliate in Minneapolis that the shooter arrived at the office Thursday afternoon after being terminated from his job that morning. That source says police have information indicating he may have been targeting specific employees.
The shooter was also known to police prior to Thursday’s incident.
Shortly after 5:30 p.m. police found the shooter dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the corner of the basement. It took about 30 minutes for SWAT and Minneapolis police to methodically search the building as they secured the scene outside, MyFoxTwinCities.com reported.
Hennepin County Medical Center was treating three people from the scene, all in critical condition, spokeswoman Christine Hill said. She said the hospital wasn’t expecting more patients with critical injuries.
Dozens of squad cars and police vehicles have surrounded the business in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood. Traffic was stopped on a nearby bridge along Penn Avenue, where law enforcement officers had rifles drawn and pointed at a park below. People from the neighborhood milled around but deputies kept them back.
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