Orlando shooting witnesses describe events, fear

Nov 7th, 2009 - MiamiHerald

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ORLANDO -- The gunman in an Orlando office building entered the complex through an unguarded parking garage Friday before he opened fire on former colleagues at an engineering firm that fired him two years ago, according to a witness who works in the 16-story Gateway Center where the incident occurred.

William Blake, a 28-year-old engineer was on the 11th floor when police officers armed with assault rifles interrupted a company meeting and said ``we needed to get up and leave [because] there's an active shooter and we needed to calmly listen to their orders.''

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