BREAKING: Disgruntled former employee kills five victims at Fiamma Inc. in Orlando

The six deaths include five victims and one shooter, who was a 45-year-old disgruntled former employee who came to the business with a handgun and a knife after being fired from the business in April.


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  • | 11:20 a.m. June 5, 2017
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Six people are dead after a shooting that took place Monday morning on Monday, June 5 at the Fiamma Inc. warehouse facility near the intersection of Forsyth and Hanging Moss roads in Orlando.

The six deaths include five victims and one shooter – 45-year-old John Robert Neumann Jr., a disgruntled former employee and U.S. Army veteran who came to the business with a handgun and a knife after being fired from the business in April, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said.

The sheriff’s office received a call at 8:03 a.m. on Monday morning about an active shooter situation at Fiamma Inc., a company that builds awnings for campers and RVs.

Three male victims and one female victim were found dead at the business, while a fifth victim was transported to a hospital and later died from their injuries. Demings said the victims appeared to be targeted, as he told one newly-hired temporary employee to get out of the building.

The shooter reportedly took his own life as law enforcement were arriving on the scene.

At a press conference at 2 p.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the five victims as 69-year-old Robert Snyder, 44-year-old Brenda Motanez-Crespo, 53-year-old Kevin Clark, 57-year-old Jeffrey Roberts, and 46-year-old Kevin Lawson.

There were seven survivors who were inside the building that made it out.

“It’s a sad day for us once again here in Orange County,” Demings said. “Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the victims this morning.”

Demings said that there is no indication that the subject was a member of any subversive or terrorist organization.

The incident is being described as a “workplace incident” by the FBI and not an act of terror.

Demings added that in June 2014 there were reports that the subject was involved in a workplace violence incident, in which he allegedly battered another employee.

There were no charges pressed at the time, but the subject does have previous arrests that include charges of possession of marijuana, a DUI and battery.

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs gave her condolences to the victims’ families.

“First I wish to express my regrets, my sympathy and my sorrow for the family members and the friends of those that we lost this morning,” she said. “Unfortunately we’ve seen this play itself out in our community and in other communities across the nation. It is incumbent upon all of us not to become complacent or become callus to these horrific situations.”

 

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