{"id":52675,"date":"2019-02-16T10:11:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T10:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=52675"},"modified":"2019-02-16T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T21:25:19","slug":"five-killed-in-us-workplace-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=52675","title":{"rendered":"Five killed in US workplace attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International desk: Five people were killed and several others injured when a gunman opened fire at an industrial park in the US state of Illinois, police there say.<\/p>\n

The gunman was also killed during an exchange of fire with police officers, a police spokeswoman said. Five police officers were shot and wounded, reports BBC.<\/p>\n

The attack took place in Aurora, a suburb about 40 miles west of Chicago.<\/p>\n

It comes a day after the first anniversary of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead.<\/p>\n

Friday's shooting is reported to have taken place at Henry Pratt Company, a manufacturing firm that makes valves for large water pipes.<\/p>\n

Police named the gunman as Gary Martin, 45, who they said had been an employee at the company.<\/p>\n

Officers declined to speculate on a motive for the attack, but the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper is reporting that his family say he was made redundant two weeks ago and had been “stressed out”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: Five people were killed and several others injured when a gunman opened fire at an industrial park in the US state of Illinois, police there say. The gunman was also killed during an exchange of fire with police officers, a police spokeswoman said. Five police officers were shot and wounded, reports BBC. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":52676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n