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6 die as fired ex-emplyee, John Robert Neumann Jr, opens fire in Florida RV store – shoots five people before turning gun on himself

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210202&semi;"><strong>Disgruntled ex-employee&comma; armed with a handgun and a knife shoots up his old workplace Monday morning<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210202&semi;"><strong>Army veteran John Robert Neumann Jr&period;&comma; entered a rear door of the Fiamma Inc&period; RV awning company armed with a semiautomatic pistol&comma; a large hunting knife and possibly other smaller knives<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210202&semi;"><strong>Neumann&comma; 45&comma; who had been fired in April Killed five people in Orlando workplace shooting before turning gun on himself <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210202&semi;"><strong>Ex-workmates Brenda Montanez-Crespo&comma; 44&comma; Kevin Lawson&comma; 46&comma; Kevin Clark&comma; 53&comma; Jeffrey Roberts&comma; 57 and Robert Snyder&comma; 69 were all killed mostly with head shots&comma; some were shot multiple times<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210202&semi;"><strong>The suspect ultimately turned the gun on himself at the Fiamma RV awning company&comma; Orlando <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210202&semi;"><strong>Neumann&&num;8217&semi;s prior criminal history included marijuana possession&comma; DUI and misdemeanor battery charges<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-196250" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;the-many-faces-of-a-killer&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The many faces of a killer&period;jpg" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"466" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>John Robert Neumann Jr&colon; The many mugshots of a killer<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A disgruntled ex-employee shot five people dead on Monday at the Orlando&comma; Fla&period;&comma; business that fired him in April&comma; authorities said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspect&comma; armed with a handgun and a knife&comma; before turning the gun on himself at the Fiamma RV awning company&comma; Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said in a news conference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;crime-scene-the-fiamma-rv-shop-in-orlando-fla-6-people-were-killed-in-a-shooting-on-june-5-2017&period;png&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"Crime scene - the FIAMMA RV shop in Orlando&comma; Fla 6 people were killed in a shooting on June 5&comma; 2017&period;png" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Crime scene&colon; The Fiamma RV shop in Orlando&comma; Fla<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Army veteran John Robert Neumann Jr&period;&comma; 45&comma; entered a rear door of the Fiamma Inc&period; RV awning company armed with a semiautomatic pistol&comma; a large hunting knife and possibly other smaller knives before he ultimately shot himself&comma; Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The shooting happened in multiple locations at the business&comma; Demings said&period;  There were about 12 employees inside the building at the time of the shooting&period; Eight witnesses survived&comma; including one person who may not have been an employee&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There was no indication Neumann who was honorably discharged from the Army in 1999 had used the knife to attack any of his victims&comma; Demings said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-196249" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;victim-kevin-clark1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Victim&colon; Kevin Clark1&period;jpg" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"634" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Victim&colon; Kevin Clark was one of the employees Neumann shot and killed during his rampage<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-195912" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;deputies-and-other-law-enforcement-officials-at-the-scene-in-orlando-monday&period;png&quest;w&equals;828" alt&equals;"Deputies and other law enforcement officials at the scene in Orlando&comma; Monday&period;png" width&equals;"828" height&equals;"526" &sol;>Authorities seal off and investigate the shooting scene Monday in Orlando&comma; Fla&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Neumann who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire June 5&comma; 2017 at the Orlando-area business&comma; killing five people before taking his own life&comma; authorities said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Four people were killed at the scene&comma; while a fifth died at the hospital&comma; Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told reporters&period; Demings said the incident was being treated as a &&num;8220&semi;workplace violence incident&&num;8221&semi; and did not appear to have any links to terror&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police identified victims of the killing spree as Brenda Montanez-Crespo&comma; 44&comma; Kevin Lawson&comma; 46&comma; Kevin Clark&comma; 53&comma; Jeffrey Roberts&comma; 57 and Robert Snyder&comma; 69&period; Most of them were shot in the head&comma; Demings said&comma; with some shot multiple times&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspect was previously the subject of a case of workplace violence at Fiamma three years ago&period; In June 2014&comma; the shooter &&num;8220&semi;allegedly battered another employee&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Demings said&period; However&comma; no charges were filed at the time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sheriff Demings also said there was nothing to indicate that the shooting was related to terrorism&comma; and that it&&num;8217&semi;s likely a &&num;8216&semi;workplace violence incident&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-count"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-195914" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;orange-county-sheriff-jerry-demings-addresses-the-media-on-the-subject&period;png" alt&equals;"Orange County sheriff Jerry Demings addresses the media on the subject&period;png" width&equals;"911" height&equals;"673" &sol;><strong>Orange County sheriff Jerry Demings addressing the media on Monday morning&&num;8217&semi;s shooting in Orlando&comma; Fla<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-count">Florida Gov&period; Rick Scott asked &&num;8221&semi; all Floridians to pray for the families impacted by this senseless act of violence&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The governor said he&&num;8217&semi;d been briefed on the incident and remained in touch with law enforcement&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Over the past year&comma; the Orlando community has been challenged like never before&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Scott said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-nativo ic"> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-195916" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;a-law-enforcement-official-wipes-her-eyes-at-the-entrance-to-the-shooting-crime-scene-in-orlando-florida-on-june-5-2017&period;jpg" alt&equals;"A law enforcement official wipes her eyes at the entrance to the shooting crime scene in Orlando&comma; Florida on June 5&comma; 2017" width&equals;"635" height&equals;"424" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Overcome by the gruesome scene&comma; a<&sol;strong> L<strong>aw enforcement official wipes her eyes at the entrance to the shooting crime scene in Orlando&comma; Fla&comma; June 5<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-nativo ic"> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-195930" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;law-enforcement-authorities-blocked-off-the-streetrerouting-traffic-around-the-area&period;png" alt&equals;"Law enforcement authorities blocked off the streetrerouting traffic around the area&period;png" width&equals;"633" height&equals;"406" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-embed">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"SandboxRoot env-bp-350">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"resize-sensor"><strong>Law enforcement authorities blocked off the street&comma; diverting traffic around the area <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"resize-sensor">Fiamma&&num;8217&semi;s reportedly&comma; is a 70 -year-old small business with only around 12 employees&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The FBI joint terrorism task force also has an official on the scene&comma; aiding in the investigation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities closed the road near the scene and have urged motorists to &&num;8216&semi;use caution&&num;8217&semi;&period; &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-196112" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;john-robert-neumann-jr-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"John Robert Neumann Jr&period;2" width&equals;"666" height&equals;"499" &sol;>The shooter&comma; John Neumann Jr<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>John Robert Neumann Jr&period;&comma; the 45-year-old gunman has a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;minor” criminal history&comma; including charges of possession of marijuana&comma; driving under the influence and misdemeanor battery&comma; has been arrested several times in multiple Florida counties since 1995&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In August&comma; 1995 Neumann was charged with fleeing from a law enforcement&comma; causing a high speed chase&comma; willfully fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office&period;  He pled guilty including charges of running a stop sign&comma; driving without a seatbelt and driving with a suspended license&period;to all of those charges and was sentenced to probation&period; In 2000&comma; he was charged with violating his probation and spent nine days in jail&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In December 1999&comma; Neumann was  charged with theft&comma; felony driving with a suspended license&comma; giving a false name and driving without insurance or a registration in Seminole County and sentenced to 60 days in jail&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;That incident was followed with felony possession of stolen property in March 2003  along with felony possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia&comma;  habitual driving with a stolen license in the Seminole County which fetched a total of 13 months in jail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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