5 Dead, 5 Police Officers Shot In Aurora Workplace Shooting - CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — Five people have died following a workplace shooting in Aurora Friday afternoon.

The suspect, identified as Gary Martin, opened fired at Henry Pratt Company Friday afternoon in Aurora and was shot dead, police said.

Gary Martin was identified as the man who shot five people at an Aurora workplace on Friday. (Facebook)

Martin, 45, is believed to have been employed by the company.

Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said police were notified about the shooting at 1:24 p.m. They arrived on the scene at 1:28 p.m. and were immediately fired upon.

Five officers were shot. A sixth suffered a knee injury.

Five civilians were killed. The names of the victims have not been released.

No motive for the shooting has been given.

At a press conference, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said the following:

“I don’t think I can be clearer in saying today is a sad day. We have seen similar situations around our nation. But to experience it first hand is even more painful. A shame these shootings are commonplace, a shame that someone would be so selfish to think he has the right to take an innocent life. We as a society cannot allow the heartless acts to become a spot on the 10 o’clock news.”

Gov. JB Pritzker also attended the press conference.

“There is no way to prepare for the pain of losing innocent people,” Pritzker said. “In the state that you were elected to lead, the state that you were elected to protect, there is no way to prepare. There are no words for the kind of evil that robs our neighbors of their lives.”

A police source told CBS 2 Mike Puccinelli that the first officers to arrive were shot at by Martin as they approached the building. They ran for cover when one of the officers said, ‘I’ve been hit!’

Another officer dragged his injured partner to safety and put a tourniquet on his leg.

Two officers were shot in the leg; another in the hip; one in the neck and a fifth officers was hit in the neck.

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2019-02-16 00:40:00Z