9/28/12 7:50am UPDATE

A man who apparently had just lost his job at a small business in Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood returned to the building Thursday afternoon and opened fire, killing the company’s founder and three others and wounding four others before taking his own life.

Two other company executives, director of operations John Souter and production manager Eric Rivers, were in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center. Hospital officials said one other victim was in critical condition and a fourth was in satisfactory condition. Those two wounded victims have not been identified.

Police swarmed to the chaotic scene, which unfolded just after 4:30 p.m. inside Accent Signage Systems, 2322 Chestnut Av. W. One of the dead was company founder Reuven Rahamim, a business associate of Rahamim said late Thursday.

As those from the neighborhood who heard the shots fled in fear or gathered nearby seeking information, officers from many law enforcement agencies, including SWAT team specialists, swarmed to the scene. About an hour into the incident, scanner reports came that the shooter was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot in the building’s basement. Although his name was not released or confirmed by police or the company, sources identified him as Andrew J. Engeldinger, 36. Late Thursday, the south Minneapolis house Engeldinger owns and occupies was searched by rifle-toting law enforcement personnel wearing body armor.

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    Remember when Minneapolis was dubbed Murderopolis because we had the highest crime rate in the country? Let’s not go...
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    These things, and a girl at work said her coworker at her second job was mugged the other day when they were going to...
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    This, and some guy jumped off my friend’s apartment building today. Not a great day for Minneapolis.
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    This is really upsetting. I noticed several police cars rushing down 394 while I was heading home on the Cedar Lake...
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    There are just too many shootings happening. One is too many.
  10. whereisthelifewehavelost said: WHAT
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  12. shootingstarsgivehope said: Pray for those lives who will never be the same because of this terrible event <3 It’s shocking to know I pass this twice a day.. I will never be able to look at it the same
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    THE SWAT TEAM DROVE PAST ME ON THE BUS STOP
  14. soysaucemafia said: Holy shit
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