Suspected gunman apprehended at mother's home

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Shooting suspect Jason Rodriguez was taken into custody hours after the shooting.

ORLANDO --The suspect in the multiple shooting at an Orlando office building has been apprehended.

According to authorities, the suspected gunman, Jason Rodriguez, was taken into custody without incident at his mother's home.

Police said they saw him through a window and asked him to come out. He surrendered without incident.

Officials say the shooting left one person dead and five injured in the shooting, which took place at Legions Place, an office building near Interstate 4 and Ivanhoe Boulevard in downtown Orlando.

Rodriguez, 40, was described as a disgruntled former employee at Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc., in the Legion Place office building.

Asked by a reporter outside the police station why he did it, he replied: "Because they left me to rot."

Charles W. Price, an attorney who represented Rodriguez in a bankruptcy case, declined to comment.

Mike Bernos, spokesman of the engineering firm Reynolds, Smith and Hills, says Rodriguez was an entry-level engineer who was fired in June 2007 after working there for a year.

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