ORLANDO, Fla. - One person was killed and at least seven others were wounded in a shooting incident inside a downtown Orlando high-rise building Friday morning, authorities said.
Quoting emergency dispatchers, NBC station WESH-TV of Orlando reported that the incident began about 11:30 a.m. ET on the fourth floor of the Gateway Center at 1000 Legion Place near Lake Ivanhoe.
All patients were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center. At least four of the eight patients were reported to be seriously wounded.The Orlando Fire Department said no suspects had not been taken into custody, but it told NBC News said the situation was under control. It was not immediately clear whether that meant the shooter was among dead or wounded.
Gateway Center is a 16-story office building that was built in 1999.
Interstate 4 eastbound has been shut down while police converge on the area.
Update 12:06 CST Michael Droege, district chief for the Orlando Fire Department, told WESH that an unknown number of people were still in the building and could be injured. He said the SWAT team was still trying to pull people out of the building.
Orlando authorities said that no suspects had not been taken into custody and that the scene was not secure. SWAT officers were going floor by floor to secure the building, they said.
3:05 pm ET: Someone has just been arrested.
A suspect was in custody Friday afternoon after a man described as a opened fire in the offices of an Orlando architecture company that fired him 2½ years ago, killing one person and wounding five others, police and the company said.
Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the arrest but did not identify the suspect. Police had said they were seeking Jason Rodriguez, 40, of southeast Orlando.
Police said the suspect was arrested peacefully at his mother's home.
7:48 pm ET: The arrestee was Jason Rodriguez.
Asked by a reporter outside the police station why he did it, Rodriguez replied: "Because they left me to rot."
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