Florida shooting: Disgruntled employee kills five, takes own life, say local police

Orlando: A man who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire on Monday at the Orlando business, killing five people before taking his own life, authorities said. Four people were killed at the scene, while a fifth died at the hospital, Orange County sheriff Jerry Demings told reporters. Seven people survived the ordeal. [caption id=“attachment_3521207” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Police vehicles line up outside the scene of a shooting where five were killed in an industrial area near Orlando. AP[/caption] The business, Fiamma, makes awnings for recreational vehicles. Demings said the incident was being treated as a “workplace violence incident” and did not appear to have any links to terror. The 45-year-old shooter, who was not yet identified by the authorities, had both a gun and a knife in his possession. All of the dead were former co-workers. The assailant allegedly beat up another employee at the business in 2014, but no charges were filed, the sheriff told reporters. “It is a sad day for us here once again in Orange County,” Demings said. A year ago, Orlando — a hub of Florida’s resort industry popular with tourists — was the scene of a mass shooting in a gay nightclub that left 49 people dead and dozens more wounded.