Deputies: 6 dead in Orlando workplace shooting

Deputies release names of victims, suspect in deadly workplace shooting

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings identified a gunman and four of five victims killed Monday in a workplace mass shooting during a news conference.

Demings said John Robert Neumann Jr., 45, fatally shot Robert Snyder, 69, Kevin Lawson, 46, Brenda Montanez-Crespo, 44, Kevin Clark, 53, and Jeffry Roberts, 57, and one other before turning the gun on himself.

Investigators said Neumann lived alone and had no family in the area.

Demings said Neumann was a veteran in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1999.

Disgruntled former employee opens fire at business, killing 5

A disgruntled former employee shot and killed five people then killed himself at an Orlando business on Monday, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies were called to Fiamma Inc. on Forsyth Road shortly after 8 a.m., deputies said.

Three men and one woman were killed after a 45-year-old man came to the business and began shooting.

Another man died at the hospital after he was shot at the business.

Seven people who were inside the business when the man began shooting survived, officials said. They were not hurt.

Deputies said the shooter was fired from the business in April 2017. Deputies are expected to release his identity at a 1 p.m. press conference.

He came to the business armed with a gun and knife, officials said.

The shooting was reported shortly after 8 a.m.

The FBI is on scene investigating, WFTV said.

Fiamma Inc. is an RV awning manufacturer, according to its website.

Gov. Rick Scott released a statement about the shooting:

Over the past year, the Orlando community has been challenged like never before. I have been briefed by our law enforcement officials on this tragic incident and Ann and I are praying for the families who lost loved ones today. I ask all Floridians to pray for the families impacted by this senseless act of violence. I will remain in contact with the Orlando law enforcement community throughout the day as more information is made available."

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