A 36-year-old former employee of a Minnesota sign-making company, Accent Systems, opened fire Thursday killing four people and then fatally shooting himself.
The shooter has been identified as Andre Engeldinger. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Engeldinger shot and killed four people and seriously injured three others. Among those shot was the company founder Reuven Rahamin. The other three killed have not been identified as of now. The Minneapolis Police Department declined to confirm any of the identities of those shot.
Among those critically injured were the company's Executive Director of Operations, John Souter and the Production Manager Eric Rivers. All injured victims have been taken to the Hennepin County Medical Center. The medical center said that two of the victims are still in critical condition and the thrid is improving.
Christine Hill, the hospital's Media Relations Specialist, told ABC News, "We received three patients who came to the hospital and they are in critical condition and they continue to be in critical condition this evening. They are three adult males."
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Engeldinger was recently fired from the company when he opened fire inside Accent Signage Systems, 2322 Chestnut Av, close in Minneapolis' Bryn Mawr. Police arrived with a SWAT team after getting a 911 call from someone.
Thursday evening at 7.30 pm Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Kris Arneson told reporters in a news conference near the scene that "several are dead," as reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Accent System company spokeswoman Wendy Khabie told the newspaper that the "employees are all shaken up."
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said it was a "horribly tragedy" and that "We are deeply sorry about what has happened here," as reported by ABC News.
