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At least two killed in Florida shooting

22:05 06/11/2009

At least two people were killed and eight injured on Friday in an office building shooting in Orlando, Florida, the local WFTV channel said.

MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) - At least two people were killed and eight injured on Friday in an office building shooting in Orlando, Florida, the local WFTV channel said.

All the injured were hospitalized, with at least four in serious condition.

The shooting took place before noon on the eighth floor of Legions Place, an office building in downtown Orlando.

Police have cordoned off the area and are currently searching for one suspect, but say that there could be more.

Another TV station, WESH, said Jason Rodriguez, a 40-year-old former employee of one of the businesses in the building, has been identified by the police as a suspect.

An unknown number of people remain in the building and some of them could be injured, the channel said.

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