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A gunman opened fire at a solar and fiber optics manufacturer on Monday, killing five people and wounding four others before killing himself in a domestic violence dispute, police said.
The shooting at Emcore Corp. appeared to involve the 37-year-old gunman’s ex-wife or girlfriend, police Chief Ray Schultz said. It was not immediately clear whether she was among the dead, or what caliber weapon he used.
“In a situation like this, there are other people in the building and they became, unfortunately, casualties as well,” he said.
Schultz said the gunman was a former employee, but did not release his name.
Chaos unfolded as the gunman opened fire, sending employees fleeing for cover as police locked down the entire neighborhood. Police were alerted to the shooting shortly before 9:30 a.m. Five officers were inside the building within three minutes, Schultz said.
Three bodies were initially discovered and a fourth, believed to be the shooter, was also found inside the building.
Police locked down the city’s southeast side as a precaution but Schultz said authorities don’t believe there was a second gunman. The Emcore complex was surrounded by police cars, many arriving with sirens wailing, as helicopters circled overhead.
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