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Murder victim Robert Lindsay, 53, of Chino. (Facebook)

 

 

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KTLA News

6:05 a.m. PST, December 17, 2011

 

IRWINDALE, Calif. (KTLA) -- Officials have identified the gunman who opened fire inside a Southern California Edison office building on Friday, killing himself and two others, as 48-year-old Andre Turner of Norco.

Officials received a call at 1:33 p.m. Friday of an armed man inside a building located at 4900 Rivergrade Road, just off the 605 Freeway, Irwindale Police Chief Dennis Smith said.

Witnesses said the man, armed with a semi-automatic handgun, calculated his fire.

"He told people to leave and he was very deliberate about who he shot," said one employee.

He did not like management."

The shooter was identified early Saturday morning as Andre Turner, 48, an employee at the Rivergrade facility, which houses employees who primarily work in Information Technology.

Turner died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Smith.

One victim died at the scene, and another on the way to the hospital. Both have been identified as Robert Lindsay, 53, of Chino, and Henry Serrano, 56, of Walnut.

Two others, a female Hispanic adult and a male adult are currently in critical condition, according to L.A. County Sheriff's officials.

According to CEO of Edison International Ted Craver, the remaining four victims were also employees.

"This is one of the most horrible days in our company's history," said Craver. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the employees."

Many workers huddled under their desks or barricaded themselves in conference rooms during the assault.

The evacuated workers were held in a parking lot as investigators combed through the campus.

SCE says it is providing grief counselors for employees and families and is setting up funds for those impacted by the shooting.

Nearby Olive Middle School and Walnut Elementary were on lock down for a time, but students were released to their parents a short time later.

 

 

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Rye GB at 1:30 PM December 17, 2011

Not surprising, a lot of people are financially stresed out, bullied by the state, IRS, debt collection agencies, co workers etc, we will have many more of these scenario's.

nasibal at 8:59 AM December 17, 2011

Why was this person on the edge? Was he fired, reprimanded, did they cut off his services at home? Was he mad at Obama or Boehner, what?

 

rwerner2010 at 6:40 AM December 17, 2011

So, how old is this gunman?

First he's 48, then suddenly 28?
Please, if you cannot get the story right, check at least that undisputable facts (such as age) are correct.

 

tartofdarkness at 1:38 AM December 17, 2011

wow. I worked in Irwindale for several years a decade ago. Even though I'm not even sure where this is, I'm scared to consider I was pretty close.

How else can I make this about me instead of the story, the victims, their families and the gunman?

[Thanks to reader-researcher RC for this story.]