A workplace shooting Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis killed at least two people and injured four others, including three critically, police and hospital officials said. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Minneapolis police spokesman Steve McCarty said there were "a couple of fatalities" from a shooting Thursday afternoon at Accent Signage Systems on the city's north side. Police later called it "several" fatalities but wouldn't further quantify. McCarty said at least four people were taken to hospitals after the 4:30 pm shooting. Hennepin County Medical Center was treating three people from the scene, all in critical condition, spokeswoman Christine Hill said. She said the hospital wasn't expecting more patients with critical injuries. Officers wouldn't release details about the shooter, who was found dead in the basement of the building with a gunshot wound to the head, according to police radio traffic. Traffic also indicated that the suspect had been fired from Accent Signage Systems, the scene of the shooting, earlier in the day. Dozens of squad cars and police vehicles surrounded the business at 2322 Chestnut Ave. in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood west of downtown Minneapolis near Interstate 394. Traffic was stopped on a nearby bridge along Penn Avenue, where law enforcement officers had rifles drawn. People from the neighborhood milled around but officers kept them back. Witnesses to the shooting were being rounded up by police to be debriefed on city <b>...</b> | From: MrDisneyality Views: 0 0 ratings | |
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