IRWINDALE, Calif. – Police said three are dead, including the suspected shooter, in California office attack.
A gunman stormed into an office of the Southern California Edison utility Friday and shot a man and woman before killing himself, police said.
The building was quickly locked down and dozens of people were seen streaming out with their hands raised. Two nearby schools also were locked down but no one on the campuses was hurt.
"One male gunman shot one female, one male and then apparently took his own life," Police Chief Dennis Smith told reporters.
The conditions of the two people he wounded were not immediately known. There was also no immediate word on what prompted the gunfire.
The utility company office is in a complex of buildings that also includes a business called California Lighting Sales.
Cindy Gutierrez, the controller for that business, said employees there didn't hear any shots fired and didn't realize anything was amiss until building management announced over the intercom that everyone should stay indoors.
"At that point we knew something was wrong, then 5 to 10 minutes later that's when we hear the police," she said, adding that she and her 20 colleagues have been locked in their office ever since.
"I'm fine, kind of nervous," she said.
The complex has two buildings and her company's office is on the western end. The Edison building is on the eastern end.
She called the campus "pretty safe," with a guard and amenities that include a cafe and gym.
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