Two Dead, Eight Wounded In Orlando Shooting, Police Searching For Gunman

November 6, 2009 1:40 p.m. EST


 
Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Editor

Orlando, FL (AHN) - According to reports an Orlando office building has been the site of a shooting that left two people dead. Eight others were left injured in the shooting and have been rushed to a local hospital.

Orlando police are describing four patients as "trauma red," and say the shooting occurred at the Gateway Center at 1000 Legion Place.

Officers armed with assault rifles and assisted with a chopper overhead are looking looking for a suspect wearing blue shirt and blue jeans. There is a heavy police presence near Lake Ivanhoe and traffic is being diverted. Law enforcement from both Orlando's police force and the Orange county sheriffs deputies have blocked roads near the Orlando Chamber of Commerce and the Radisson hotel.


 

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