High-Rise Shooting in Orlando - breaking story

[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed]

At Least 8 Injured In High-Rise Shooting
Victims Transported To ORMC
POSTED: 11:55 am EST November 6, 2009
UPDATED: 12:24 pm EST November 6, 2009


ORLANDO, Fla. -- At least eight people were shot inside a downtown Orlando high-rise Friday morning.



Gateway Center


Firefighters were called to Gateway Center at 1000 Legion Place around 11:30 a.m. The building is near Lake Ivanhoe.

Dispatchers with the Orlando Fire Department said a shooting with multiple victims was reported on the fourth floor.

At least six ambulances and dozens of police cars and fire engines have arrived at the scene.

WESH 2 News reporter Greg Fox said gurneys are being wheeled toward the building. However, some rescue personnel may be waiting for clearance from authorities that the scene has been secured.

Cameras in downtown Orlando showed authorities closing some streets around the center.

Gateway Center is a 16-story office building that was built in 1999.

Stay with WESH 2 News and WESH.com for further details.

 

[RadioNate]

Just in case anyone in the area is interested.

I-4 eastbound has been shut down at Lake Ivanhoe. Colonial Drive and Garland Avenue are also shut down.

This is an office building involved.

 

[Jennasis]

Oh crap...what the heck is going on???

Prayers to those involved. I should give my cousin a call. He's a 911 dispatcher in Orlando, I bet he knows whats going on.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Channel 9 is reporting two people are dead....

 

[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed]

They are indicating no one has been taken into custody yet

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

They just said this on Fox News. Two workplace shootings (sounds strange to call a military base shooting a workplace shooting but it is one, I guess) in two days.

 

[maroo]

Yes. And this one is too close to "home" for me.

This is horrible.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

WTH is going on. Freaky!

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

This is terrible!!

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

Channel 9 is reporting two people are dead....

Thoughts and prayers are going out to those families.

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

It's been confirmed by the Orlando Sentinel and Fox in Orlando that there have been bodies found on the 8th and 10th floors of the building. They have also put a local high school on lockdown.

 

[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Two dead after shooting reported in downtown Orlando

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Orlando Sentinel Staff

1:00 p.m. EST, November 6, 2009
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Two people are dead and six are wounded in a mass shouting at an office building in downtown Orlando.

Bodies were found on the 12th and 8th floor of Legions Place, a 16-floor building north of Colonial Drive. Only the 12th floor has been cleared. The shooter has not been found, said Deputy Chief Mike Droege of the Orlando Fire Department.

"The building is not secure now," he said. "It's still unfolding."

Seven people were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center. One person complaining about chest pains was taken to Florida Hospital South.

"They have not found the shooter to my knowledge," Drudge added. They're still clearing floor by floor."

Office workers are still inside. They have barricaded themselves inside and have received little information from authorities on whether it's save to leave. One woman inside the building said they have been told the shooting possibly took place on the fourth or eighth floor.

"We've got everybody in one office, with the door barricaded with a chest of drawers. There are about 20 of us in here. We're scared," said one woman who is inside the building. She asked her name and that of her business not be used because she fears for her life.

"We're watching TV, trying to see what is going on, but we really don't know. We're scared. We're safe right now, but we're scared," she said.

Officers with assault rifles are looking for a suspect with blue shirt and blue jeans. Many have their weapons pointed at the parking garage.

There is a heavy police presence near Lake Ivanhoe and traffic is being diverted.

Orlando police and orange county sheriffs deputies have blocked roads near the Orlando Chamber of Commerce and the Radisson hotel. All of the businesses between Marks Road south to Colonial Drive are evacuated.

A witness has told WFTV that a man who previously worked in the building walked inside and opened fire.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has postponed a trip to see his son out of town and is monitoring the situation from City Hall, spokeswoman Heather Allebaugh said. Dyer is waiting for an update from police, she said.

 

[nile455]

Live video stream

http://www.wgntv.com/sns-orlando-shooting-tivid-live,0,373866.tividlivestream

 

[C.Ann]

The craziness continues..

 

[olena]

Oh no....

I hope they let my sister get through to her job tonight at the hospital there.

 

[lisajl]

I just don't understand any of what has happened in the last two days.

Keeping all the families in our thoughts and prayers.

 

[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Oh no....

I hope they let my sister get through to her job tonight at the hospital there.

It is nuts out there right now... I think that it will be a long while before any movement. Just crazy...

 

[ladycollector]

Swat team is on the scene.. I thank God I didn't need to be downtown today. And pray for those involved.

 

[dturner]

What is wrong with people???????????

 

[nile455]

Suspect is named Jason Rodriguez. He is 30 years old.