Gunman Opens Fire at SoCal Edison Offices, Multiple Victims Shot

The gunman who killed two of his co-workers and critically injured two others inside a California office building was identified Saturday as Andre Turner.


Turner, an employee of Southern California Edison in Irwindale, Calif., died of a self-inflicted gunshot, according to Irwindale Police chief Dennis Smith.


Although he was known to have been at work Friday morning, it was unclear whether he left and returned later with the weapon.


Armed with a semiautomatic handgun, Turner started firing at 1:30pm local time Friday and was "very deliberate about who he shot," according to an employee cited by the Los Angeles Times


"He did not like management," the employee said, adding that Turner "told [some] people to leave." Others barricaded themselves inside their offices and conference rooms, the newspaper reported.


The two fatally-shot workers, one of whom died at the scene and the other while on the way to the hospital, were identified as 53-year-old Robert Lindsay and 56-year-old Henry Serrano. Another man and a Hispanic woman, who were not named, remained in critical condition, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office officials said.


The facility comprises the three-story building where the shooting took place as well as a separate two-story building and has about 1,100 employees, mostly IT specialists.


The utility company was providing grief counseling for its employees and their relatives and establishing a fund for the people impacted by the shooting.


"This is one of the most horrible days in our company's history," Edison International chairman Ted Craver said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the employees."


The gunman is also believed to have killed himself, according to KTLA, who note that witnesses say they recognize the shooter as a former employee.


Two area schools were put on lockdown following the shooting.


Though SCE has offices at this location, this is not their corporate headquarters.


People inside the building have told the media they thought five or six people were shot. "Irwindale Police Chief Dennis Smith said three people were shot -- two males and a female -- and he had been told the gunman killed himself," according to City News Service.


SCE released a statement that read: "Southern California Edison confirms that there has been a shooting at our Rivergrade facility at 4900 Rivergrade Road in Irwindale. Police are on the scene and the building is on lockdown. SCE will provide more information as it becomes available.''


Three people, including the gunman, were killed and two injured in this afternoon's shooting at Edison, according to the Los Angeles Times. An anonymous source told the paper that the gunman was a systems analyst at the company. His name still hasn't been released. Some of the victims were supervisors.


Employees barricaded themselves in their offices so that the gunman couldn't get in.


CBS Los Angeles has a text exchange between a woman who worked at Edison and her husband, while she was inside the building. Spoiler alert: she's okay.


A source told the Times that the gunman was selective about who he shot: management. He told some people in the building to leave and targeted others. “It was a common area and he told people to leave and he was very deliberate about who he shot,” the employee said. “He did not like management.”