IL - Aurora gunman opened fire on his coworkers due to loss his job 15 Feb 2019

[cybervampira]

Shooter is named: Gary Martin, 45.

Laid off employee.

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

Multiple people and officers injured in Aurora, Ill., shooting; at least one fatality confirmed

By Michael Brice-Saddler, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Reis Thebault

February 15 at 4:47 PM CT

City officials in Aurora, Ill., reported Feb. 15 on Twitter that a gunman was apprehended after police responded to an active shooter situation. (Allie Caren /The Washington Post)

Authorities are responding to multiple casualties in Aurora, Ill., west of Chicago, Friday afternoon, including several police officers, after a gunman opened fire inside a Henry Pratt warehouse. The suspect was “neutralized,” according to a spokesman for the City of Aurora.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/15/active-shooter-aurora-illinois/

 

[cybervampira]

Gary Martin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

 

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Bomb squad at Martin‘s home.

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

At least 5 civilians dead and 5 officers wounded in shooting in Aurora, Ill., officials say

By Michael Brice-Saddler, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Reis Thebault

February 15 at 5:49 PM CT

City officials in Aurora, Ill., reported Feb. 15 on Twitter that a gunman was apprehended after police responded to an active shooter situation. (Allie Caren /The Washington Post)

BREAKING: At least five people are dead and five officers wounded, officials said. A gunman at a warehouse in Aurora, Ill., inflicted multiple casualties, including several police officers. The suspect, identified as Gary Martin, 45, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police, officials said.

Authorities responded to multiple casualties in Aurora, Ill., west of Chicago, Friday afternoon, including several police officers, after a gunman opened fire inside a Henry Pratt warehouse. The suspect was “neutralized,” according to a spokesman for the City of Aurora.

Chris Nelson, of the Kane County coroner’s office, confirmed one fatality, though he wouldn’t specify whether it was a victim or the shooter.

An Aurora police spokesman told The Washington Post that “multiple people ... multiple officers” were injured. Rush Copley, a community hospital in Aurora, said in a tweet that it received two patients involved in the shootings, and they were “being treated for non-life threatening injuries.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/15/active-shooter-aurora-illinois/

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

Aurora shooting: alleged gunman apprehended after at least five killed

Guardian staff and agencies

Fri 15 Feb 2019 18.57 ESTFirst published on Fri 15 Feb 2019 15.54 EST


At least five people were killed in a shooting in Aurora, Illinois, which led to local schools being placed on lockdown, the Aurora police chief said on Friday.

Five officers were wounded at the shooting at the Henry Pratt Co building in suburban Chicago, the police chief Kristen Ziman told reporters.

The officers were immediately fired upon arriving at the scene, Ziman added.

The shooter was identified by his sister as Gary Martin.

Aurora is about 40 miles (65km) west of Chicago.

Schools had been placed placed in “soft lockdown” early on Friday afternoon, after the shooting was reported at a local business.

More details soon…

Aurora shooting: alleged gunman apprehended after at least one killed

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

UPDATE: Six people dead, six officers injured in Aurora shooting at Henry Pratt plant
Suspect Gary Martin, 45, dead

UPDATE: Six people dead, six officers injured in Aurora shooting at Henry Pratt plant | Daily Chronicle

AURORA – Aurora Chief of Police Kristin Ziman has confirmed that five victims have died and five officers received gunshot wounds in a workplace shooting that occurred Friday afternoon at the Henry Pratt plant in the 400 block of Highland Avenue on the city's near west side. Another officer was injured at thee scene, but not shot.

Police were called to the plant at approximately 1:30 p.m. in response to a report of an shooting at the metal fabricating shop, which manufactures industrial valve actuators and control systems.

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

UPDATE: Five dead, six police officers injured in shooting at Aurora's Henry Pratt plant | Daily Chronicle

AURORA – Aurora Chief of Police Kristin Ziman has confirmed that five victims have died and five officers received gunshot wounds in a workplace shooting that occurred Friday afternoon at the Henry Pratt plant in the 400 block of Highland Avenue on the city's near west side. Another officer was injured at thee scene, but not shot.

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Identities of the victims have not yet been released. Police officials will be updating again at 9 p.m.

 

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5 dead in Aurora factory shooting; mom says gunman was laid off, 'stressed out'

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Court records show that Martin was convicted of stabbing a woman in Mississippi in 1994.

In 2000, records show, he was cited in Aurora for illegally altering the speakers in his car and for “squealing or screeching tires.”

His landlord sued him in 2002 and, records show, a Kane County judge entered an order of possession against him.

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According to his LinkedIn page, Gary Martin worked as a “large valve assembler at Henry Pratt.”

 

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Police dispatch audio @ link.

Illinois warehouse shooting leaves six dead including gunman Gary Martin | Daily Mail Online

 

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CBS Chicago on Twitter

Gary Martin, man who killed five people at Harry Pratt Co in Aurora worked there for 15 years and was being terminated today, Aurora Police chief Kristen Ziman said.

Workplace Shooter Identified As 45-Year-Old Employee Gary Martin Of Aurora

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Information about the victims is still unknown. Police are planning to hold another press conference at 9 p.m. Friday to release new details on the tragic events that unfolded today.

Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said the gunman, who was killed, either by police gunfire or a self-inflicted wound, exchanged bullets with officers who stormed the 29,000 square-foot building at 641 Archer Ave. around 1:30 p.m. Feb. 15.

The gunman opened fire on the officers as soon as they entered the building, Ziman said. Five officers were struck by gunfire and were taken to local hospitals. Two of those officers were airlifted to trauma centers. A sixth officer was being treated for a knee injury, she said.

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From the 9pm police presser:

Police arrived 4 minutes after 911 call made.

First police officer shot was outside by suspect who was likely at window.

The other police officers were shot inside after entering building.

The suspect then hid in 29000sf building. It took 90 minutes for police to locate him at which time he engaged them in fire and in return police shot him dead.

There were at least 13 teams assisting involving hundreds of officers.

There were rescue personnel entering the building to perform life-saving missions, at the same time as the police, none of whom were hurt.

Police believe the 5 employees killed were killed in the first five minutes.

All casualties were male.

Suspect worked at business for 15 years and was being terminated that day.

 

[Ellie1]

Another mass shooting by a man with a history of violence against women.

 

[Rott Mom]

My mother's best friend works there, but she's okay. I am so sorry about
these innocent lives that were taken from then.

 

[squid]

Police identify 5 victims in mass shooting at Aurora plant; gunman in illegal possession of firearm

The victims were identified as Clayton Parks, of Elgin; Trevor Wehner, of Dekalb; Russell Beyer, of Yorkville; Vicente Juarez, of Oswego; and Josh Pinkard, of Oswego. All five were employed by Henry Pratt Co.

SBM

Shooter Gary Martin, 45, had six prior arrests in Aurora, most involved traffic stops and domestic violence. He also had a felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi in 1995, authorities said.

Martin was issued an Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification Card in January 2014. Two months later, he purchased a Smith and Wesson .40-caliber handgun from an Aurora dealer.

He applied for a concealed carry permit shortly after purchasing the gun, according to police. During the fingerprinting and background process, Martin’s conviction in Mississippi was discovered and his concealed carry application was denied. He had also had his firearm license revoked by the Illinois State Police, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said.

Given his FOID card had been revoked, police are now investigating how Martin still had a gun in his possession. That illegal gun was the one used in Friday’s shooting.

It was a very short gunfight and then it was over, Lt. Rick Robertson said. Police are currently unable to determine if the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. There was no verbal conversation between the officers and Martin at that time. There were a few employees who were sheltered in place.

Ziman said she knows Martin was called in. She says he might have been speculative of what might happen, since he was already armed with a firearm. She is unsure what was communicated to him beforehand. Several were shot in the room with him and there was another employee who was shot on another level of the building.

Police are still in the process of interviewing witnesses and have another 40 witnesses they still need to speak with.

SBM

According to police, here is a breakdown of the timeline:

• 1:24: The original call came in and officers were dispatched to an active shooter call.
• 1:24: A caller said shots were being fired after an employee was being terminated.
• 1:28: First officers responded to the scene.
• 1:28: A determination was made to activate the special response team.
• 1:30: A first report was made of an officer being shot.
• 1:31: It was indicated that there were four victims upstairs and a victim in the bay area. All victims were determined to be deceased at that time.
• 1:32: More shots were fired and a second officer was reported being shot.
• 1:34: A third officer was reported shot.
• 1:35: A fourth officer was reported shot.
• 1:37-52: Personnel was responding to extract some of the employees and victims inside the building.
• 1:52 until 2:58: No contact was made with the offender.
• 2:58: Officers indicated contact was made and confirmation was made that Martin was killed.

 

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DIANE PATHIEU (@pathieuabc7) tweeted at 0:22 PM on Sat, Feb 16, 2019:
Father of #Aurorashooting victim says his son took over for him as the union rep when he retired from Henry Pratt after 40years. That is why he was in the suspect’s exit meeting. Ted Beyer tells me he knew Gary Martin, and says Martin helped him after Beyer had back surgery. (DIANE PATHIEU on Twitter)

 

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Intern on his first day at work is among the five slain victims of workplace shooting | Daily Mail Online

Shooter Gary Martin, 45, opened fire on Friday, shortly after he was terminated from his job of 15 years at the Henry Pratt Co. industrial valve manufacturing plant, police said. Martin died in a police shootout.



Slain were Human Resources Manager Clayton Parks, HR Intern Trevor Wehner, mold operator Russell Beyer, stockroom attendant and forklift operator Vincente Juarez, and plant manager Josh Pinkard.



Wehner, the intern, was a 22-year-old student at Northern Illinois University.

He was starting his first day at Henry Pratt when he was killed, according to a family friend.

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Neighbors reveal Aurora gunman who killed five co-workers was creepy loner | Daily Mail Online

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'He kept to himself a lot, and he was always on his porch,' Jeremy Sherman, a neighbor of Martin's at Acorn Woods Condominium Complex, about 40 miles west of Chicago, told Daily Beast website.

'Even when he wasn't doing nothing, he'd be out there sitting. I'd be out there, sometimes one, two in the morning and he'd be there just sitting all in the dark, [in the] shadows.'

Sherman described his neighbor as a loner with whom he sometimes chatted and smoked marijuana, without ever learning anything about Martin's work life or his past.

'I'd say something to him sometimes and he'd be like "rorh rorh rorh," mumbling under his breath. I don't know if he heard me or…I don't know. He seemed a little off the wall, a little off his rocker, you know? Not like mentally crazy, but something about him was just a little bit different,' Sherman said.

Sherman said he never saw Martin with weapons - or with guests.

He said that Martin could often be found outside playing with his remote-control toy cars and drones.

Another neighbor, Jennifer White, said that she often saw Martin playing with his drones near the apartment complex.

'He would wave at us or stare at us. Kinda creepy,' White told WBBM-TV. 'He always kept to himself.'

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Gary Martin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

“The weapon was a Smith & Wesson handgun. “

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Neighbors reveal Aurora gunman who killed five co-workers was creepy loner | Daily Mail Online

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'He kept to himself a lot, and he was always on his porch,' Jeremy Sherman, a neighbor of Martin's at Acorn Woods Condominium Complex, about 40 miles west of Chicago, told Daily Beast website.

'Even when he wasn't doing nothing, he'd be out there sitting. I'd be out there, sometimes one, two in the morning and he'd be there just sitting all in the dark, [in the] shadows.'

Sherman described his neighbor as a loner with whom he sometimes chatted and smoked marijuana, without ever learning anything about Martin's work life or his past.

'I'd say something to him sometimes and he'd be like "rorh rorh rorh," mumbling under his breath. I don't know if he heard me or…I don't know. He seemed a little off the wall, a little off his rocker, you know? Not like mentally crazy, but something about him was just a little bit different,' Sherman said.

Sherman said he never saw Martin with weapons - or with guests.

He said that Martin could often be found outside playing with his remote-control toy cars and drones.

Another neighbor, Jennifer White, said that she often saw Martin playing with his drones near the apartment complex.

'He would wave at us or stare at us. Kinda creepy,' White told WBBM-TV. 'He always kept to himself.'

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Have any of these shooters NOT been described as a loner??

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Aurora gunman opened fire on his coworkers as soon as he lost his job
Updated Sun February 17, 2019
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/02/17/us/aurora-shooting-termination/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

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