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Gunman opens fire in Minneapolis, kills several people including self
MINNEAPOLIS — A gunman opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company on Thursday, killing several people including himself and wounding four others, police and hospital officials said.
Minneapolis Police spokesman Steve McCarty said "several" people were dead at Accent Signage Systems, including the gunman. He did not give the number of people killed. He declined to identify those killed or wounded, and said he did not know what connection the shooter may have had with the business, if any.
Three men were listed in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and another person had injuries not thought to be life threatening, a spokeswoman said.
A representative from Accent Signage Systems could not be reached for comment. A July article in a local business publication said the company had 28 employees.
Police cordoned off the area around the company and held residents back for at least a couple of hours.
The company is located on a tree-lined residential street. "It’s the only industrial business right in the middle of a residential neighbourhood," Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak said in a telephone interview with Reuters. "In a great neighbourhood and a great business, we have a horrible tragedy."
Rybak said he could not remember anything similar ever happening in Minneapolis. "I don’t think that it has," he said.
Governor Mark Dayton said in a statement: "I deplore this senseless violence. There is no place for it anywhere in Minnesota. I extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the innocent people killed or wounded."
The Minneapolis shooting comes a month after a work-related shooting near the Empire State Building in New York, which killed two people and wounded nine. This followed an July mass shooting in a crowded cinema in Colorado and an attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in August, which rekindled debate about gun control in the United States.
MINNEAPOLIS — A gunman opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company on Thursday, killing several people including himself and wounding four others, police and hospital officials said.
Minneapolis Police spokesman Steve McCarty said "several" people were dead at Accent Signage Systems, including the gunman. He did not give the number of people killed. He declined to identify those killed or wounded, and said he did not know what connection the shooter may have had with the business, if any.
Three men were listed in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and another person had injuries not thought to be life threatening, a spokeswoman said.
A representative from Accent Signage Systems could not be reached for comment. A July article in a local business publication said the company had 28 employees.
Police cordoned off the area around the company and held residents back for at least a couple of hours.
The company is located on a tree-lined residential street. "It’s the only industrial business right in the middle of a residential neighbourhood," Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak said in a telephone interview with Reuters. "In a great neighbourhood and a great business, we have a horrible tragedy."
Rybak said he could not remember anything similar ever happening in Minneapolis. "I don’t think that it has," he said.
Governor Mark Dayton said in a statement: "I deplore this senseless violence. There is no place for it anywhere in Minnesota. I extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the innocent people killed or wounded."
The Minneapolis shooting comes a month after a work-related shooting near the Empire State Building in New York, which killed two people and wounded nine. This followed an July mass shooting in a crowded cinema in Colorado and an attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in August, which rekindled debate about gun control in the United States.
Man kills masked boy in Connecticut, discovers it's his son
NEW FAIRFIELD -- A man fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense outside his neighbor's house during what appeared to be an attempted late-night burglary and then discovered it was his son, state police said.
Police identified the dead boy as 15-year-old Tyler Giuliano, who was shot at about 1 a.m. Thursday in New Fairfield, a town along the New York line just north of Danbury.
A woman who was alone in the house believed someone was breaking in and called the teen's father, who lives next door, and he grabbed a gun and went outside to investigate, police said.
The father confronted someone wearing a black ski mask and black clothing and then fired his gun when the person went at him with a shiny weapon in his hand, police said.
When police officers arrived, the father was sitting on the grass next to the woman's home and the teen was lying in the driveway with gunshot injuries. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
"All in all it's a tragedy," state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said.
The teen's father, Jeffrey Giuliano, a fifth-grade teacher in town, hasn't returned a message seeking comment on what happened.
The teenager was a student at New Fairfield High School, a short walk from the neighborhood where he was killed.
Superintendent of Schools Alicia Roy sent parents an email about what happened, Danbury's The News-Times newspaper reported.
"Our district has experienced a tragedy that has affected us deeply," she wrote, adding that students weren't told of the killing because all the facts weren't clear.
No charges have been filed. State police are investigating. An autopsy on the boy is planned.
NEW FAIRFIELD -- A man fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense outside his neighbor's house during what appeared to be an attempted late-night burglary and then discovered it was his son, state police said.
Police identified the dead boy as 15-year-old Tyler Giuliano, who was shot at about 1 a.m. Thursday in New Fairfield, a town along the New York line just north of Danbury.
A woman who was alone in the house believed someone was breaking in and called the teen's father, who lives next door, and he grabbed a gun and went outside to investigate, police said.
The father confronted someone wearing a black ski mask and black clothing and then fired his gun when the person went at him with a shiny weapon in his hand, police said.
When police officers arrived, the father was sitting on the grass next to the woman's home and the teen was lying in the driveway with gunshot injuries. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
"All in all it's a tragedy," state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said.
The teen's father, Jeffrey Giuliano, a fifth-grade teacher in town, hasn't returned a message seeking comment on what happened.
The teenager was a student at New Fairfield High School, a short walk from the neighborhood where he was killed.
Superintendent of Schools Alicia Roy sent parents an email about what happened, Danbury's The News-Times newspaper reported.
"Our district has experienced a tragedy that has affected us deeply," she wrote, adding that students weren't told of the killing because all the facts weren't clear.
No charges have been filed. State police are investigating. An autopsy on the boy is planned.
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