Friday, November 6, 2009; 3:54 PM
A 40-year-old man who was reportedly fired two years ago from an engineering firm apparently returned to that office Friday and shot six people, killing one, according to police and his former employer.
Police said Jason Rodriguez, 40, surrendered to police and was taken into custody at his mother's house outside of Orlando. Police had searched for him for several hours following the shooting at the 16-story Gateway Center office complex.
Rodriguez is a former employee of Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc., according to a spokesman of the company, which describes itself as "a facilities and infrastructure consulting firm" with clients around the world.
Company chief financial officer Ken Jacobson said that Rodriguez was fired in June 2007 after working as a beginning engineer at the firm for 11 months. Jacobson said his "work product wasn't up to the necessary standards."
The job Rodriguez did was "pretty deficient from the start," Jacobson said. But he said the company had not had any contact with Rodriguez since he was let go.
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