Two dead in shooting at California office building
The police said the gunman shot a former colleague before shooting himself.
A gunman opened fire inside an office building in Southern California’s Long Beach city on Friday afternoon, killing one person and injuring another. The mayor, Robert Garcia, said the gunman has been killed.
The Long Beach police and the mayor called it a “workplace homicide”. The police confirmed on Twitter that the shooter is not active. They said the case will be investigated as a homicide.
Have been briefed on shooting in law offices in North Long Beach. Appears to be a workplace homicide. Both the shooter and a victim are dead. One other person was shot but is in hospital in stable condition. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families LBPD will update.
— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarciaLB) December 30, 2017
UPDATE: Not an active shooter. This was a workplace violence incident, resulting in a homicide investigation, which remains ongoing.
— Long Beach PD (CA) (@LBPD) December 30, 2017
The shooter attacked an office in a two-storey building, which houses several law firms, AP reported. The shooter is believed to be a former employee at one of the firms. Long Beach City Councilman Al Austin said the shooter killed one person and then shot himself, the Los Angeles Times reported.