Disgruntled worker kills five at Orlando awning company

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A disgruntled worker fired by an awning manufacturing company in Orlando, Fla., killed five of his former co-workers this morning before shooting himself. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said the incident was not terror-related. Managers at Fiamma Inc. reportedly fired the shooter, who has not been identified, in April. The man assaulted a co-worker in 2014 but did not face charges in that incident. A woman who worked at the factory, located in an industrial section of Orlando, called police shortly after 8 a.m. when the shooter arrived and told her to leave. Gov. Rick Scott asked all Floridians to pray for the victims and the families affected by “this senseless act of violence.”

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Leigh Jones

Leigh is features editor for WORLD. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate who spent six years as a newspaper reporter in Texas before joining WORLD News Group. Leigh also co-wrote Infinite Monster: Courage, Hope, and Resurrection in the Face of One of America's Largest Hurricanes. She resides with her husband and daughter in Houston, Texas.