THIS IS SO SAD AND WHY CAN'T THEY FIND HIM/HER/THEM
Several described as seriously wounded; suspect still on the loose
The incident took place Friday morning at Gateway Center near Lake Ivanhoe in Orlando, Fla.
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BREAKING NEWS msnbc.com and NBC News updated 9:50 a.m. PT, Fri., Nov . 6, 2009
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. The building was described as not yet secure, and the suspect was still on the loose.
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. Some of the patients were reported to be in “extremely critical” condition.
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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.
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Gateway Center is a 16-story office building that was built in 1999.
Interstate 4 eastbound was shut down while police converge on the area, and nearby Edgewater High School was locked down.
