Race soldier 6: Aurora workplace shooter was set to be fired by company, police chief says

By Louis Casiano | Fox News

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[Authorities have identified Gary Martin as the gunman who killed several employees at an Aurora, Ill. warehouse and injured five police officers.]

Authorities have identified Gary Martin as the gunman who killed several employees at an Aurora, Ill. warehouse and injured five police officers.(LinkedIn)

The gunman in a deadly shooting spree at a manufacturing warehouse in Aurora, Ill., where five employees were killed and five officers were wounded Friday, was set to be fired by the company, Police Chief Kristen Ziman told reporters at a news conference Friday night.

The suspect, identified as Gary Martin, 45, of Aurora, used a handgun and had worked for the Henry Pratt Co. -- one of the largest makers of industrial water valves -- for 15 years, she said. He was killed at the scene. The attack lasted 90 minutes.

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