6 Dead In New Mexico Shooting

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MSNBC:

Six dead in office shooting

Police: Ex-employee targeted woman at Albuquerque solar company

msnbc.com staff and news service reports

updated 30 minutes ago

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A gunman opened fire at a solar and fiber optics manufacturer on Monday, killing five people and wounding four others before killing himself in a domestic violence dispute, police said.

The shooting at Emcore Corp. appeared to involve the gunman's ex-wife or girlfriend, who was among the dead, police Chief Ray Schultz said. He said the gunman was a former employee.

The 37-year-old male had at least one prior run-in involving domestic violence, Schultz said.

Chaos unfolded as the gunman opened fire, sending employees fleeing for cover as police locked down the entire neighborhood.

Six victims were taken to University of New Mexico Hospital, spokesman Billy Sparks said. One was dead on arrival, one died in the operating room and one was still in surgery but expected to be transferred to intensive care soon.

One of the other three was in the hospital's imaging department and two others were in stable condition in the emergency room.

Emcore manufactures components that allow voice, video and data transmission over fiber optic lines. They also manufacture solar power systems for satellite and ground-based systems.

Based in Albuquerque, the company has about 700 full-time employees.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Looks like yet another jilting gone horribly bad.

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The shooting at Emcore Corp. appeared to involve the gunman's ex-wife or girlfriend, who was among the dead, police Chief Ray Schultz said. He said the gunman was a former employee.

The 37-year-old male had at least one prior run-in involving domestic violence, Schultz said.

Looks like yet another jilting gone horribly bad.

I object to your levity.
A woman trying to escape an abusive relationship is not 'jilting' her partner, nor does she or any of her co-workers to be murdered when she gets free of him. I wonder if the woman had a restraining order against him, for what good it did.

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Usually in these cases you have a history years or even decades long of abusive behaviour finally ramping up to this. Why these guys are'nt put away after the 2nd or 3rd assault on their ex is beyond me.

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I object to your levity.
A woman trying to escape an abusive relationship is not 'jilting' her partner, nor does she or any of her co-workers to be murdered when she gets free of him. I wonder if the woman had a restraining order against him, for what good it did.

My apologies to you and the board. It was an absolutely poor choice of words on my part and I didn't mean it to come across as flippantly as it sounds. I didn't intend to make a crack about it.