At least one killed, more wounded in Orlando office building: TV

His TV grab taken on Nov. 6, 2009 shows the office building on the eighth floor of which a mass shooting took place in Orlando, Florida. At least one was killed and several others wounded on Friday as a gunman shot in the office building in Orlando. (Xinhua/Liu Xin)

At least one was killed and several others wounded on Friday as a gunman shot in an office building in Orlando, Florida, said local TV reports.

According to TV WESH, the mass shooting took place on the eighth floor in a downtown Orlando building, the Gateway Center, around noon.


Two police cars park outside the Gateway Center building where a shooting incident took place in downtown Orlando, Florida, the U.S., Nov. 6, 2009. A gunman on Friday opened fire inside the Gateway Center building, killing at least one person and wounding at least five others. (Xinhua/Zhou Xiaozheng)

All patients have been taken to hospital, and at least four of them were seriously hurt, said the reports.

A TV reporter who was at the scene said that he witnessed as many as 15 employees came out of the building very distraught, and at least six ambulances and dozens of police cars have arrived.

Orlando Fire Department told reporters that the shooter has not been taken into custody.

The building has been ordered on lockdown as police began a floor-by-floor evacuation, said local police.

Source: Xinhua