Three dead, four hurt in workplace shooting in New Mexico

[depakid]

Source: Washington Post

ALBUQUERQUE -- A gunman opened fire at a fiber-optics company Monday, killing two people and wounding four before turning the gun on himself. The 37-year-old gunman was a former employee of Emcore and the incident appeared to involve his girlfriend, Police Chief Ray Schultz said.

It was not immediately clear whether she was among the dead. Schultz did not release the gunman's name.

The shooting began shortly before 9:30 a.m. Five police officers were inside the building within three minutes, Schultz said.

A person who confronted the shooter was found dead outside the building, Schultz said. Six others, including the gunman, were taken to University of New Mexico Hospital, spokesman Billy Sparks said. One was dead on arrival, one died in the operating room, and one was still in surgery but expected to be transferred to intensive care.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/12/AR2010071205338.html

[Tunkamerica]

1. is this late breaking news?

since it happened early yesterday?

[Blandocyte]

2. Don't move it until we start the back and forth about gun bans

and how drugs are banned but you can still buy drugs and shoot people with them, or whatever that argument is.

[Winterblues]

3. Millions of people travel by air every year, how many are killed by gunfire?

:shrug:

[superconnected]

4. Honestly, I thought it was going to be remorse about workplace treatment

However it looks like it's a relationship issue.