Suspect in Orlando shooting: I'm just going through a tough time
November 07, 2009 19:38 PM
Update:
Orlando, FL - The suspect in an Orlando shooting rampage told police he's just going through a tough time and he's sorry.
Investigators say Jason Rodriguez, 40, opened fire inside the office of Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc. at the Gateway Center office building in downtown Orlando, killing one person and seriously injuring five others.
Emloyee of the firm, Otis Beckford, 26, died on scene.
"There were three big pops, like someone dropped something very heavy," said one employee who was in the building on the 7th floor when the shooting occurred.
Those pops turned out to be gunshots.
"We were in our suite and we just locked our door and waited for the police to show up," said another employee in the building.
The shooter took off, so the manhunt was on.
Three hours later, around 2:00 p.m., SWAT teams stormed an apartment complex where Rodriguez was living with his mother and they arrested him.
According to the arrest affidavit, Orlando detectives say when he was being handcuffed, he told them, "I'm just going through a tough time right now. I'm sorry."
During police interviews, they say Rodriguez said people at his old company, RS&H, harassed him and threw him out for no reason at all. After that, he told them he could not find work for more than a year.
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