Amy Forliti / AP
Police investigate a shooting at Accent Signage Systems on the north side of Minneapolis Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, that left at least two people dead and four others wounded.
By NBC News staff
Two people were killed and at least four others wounded Thursday in a workplace shooting at a sign company in Minneapolis, according to local news reports. The gunman, an employee who had been fired earlier in the day, was among the dead, Fox9 reported.
Police arrived at the Accent Signage Systems Inc. on Chestnut Ave. West in the Bry Mawr area at approximately 4:45 p.m. to find the door propped open and several shooting victims inside, the station reported.
Fox9 said two people were dead after the shooting, including the gunman, and three shooting victims were transported to Hennepin County Medical Center in critical condition.?
Minneapolis police spokesman Steve McCarty did not confirm the death toll, saying only that there were "a couple of fatalities" and?at least four people hospitalized,?according to the Associated Press.
The station quoted an unidentified high-ranking law enforcement source as saying that the gunman returned to the office after being terminated earlier in the day. The source also told Fox9 that the gunman, whose body was found in the basement, may have been targeting specific employees.
After the shooting, dozens of squad cars and police vehicles surrounded the business. Traffic was stopped on a nearby bridge along Penn Avenue, where law enforcement officers had rifles drawn and pointed at a park below. People from the neighborhood milled around but deputies kept them back.? ?
Marques Jones, 18 of Minneapolis, said he was outside a building down the street having his picture taken when he and his photographer heard gunfire that sounded close.?
"We heard about four to five gunshots," Jones said. "We were shocked at what happened and we just looked at each other. We all just took off running to our vehicles."
Accent Signage Systems' website says it "is a leader in the interior signage industry specializing in custom (Americans With Disabilties Act)-compliant interior signage, and serving major sign manufacturers worldwide.?
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