SOUTHLAND: BRIEFLY : GUNMAN KILLS SELF, WOUNDS CO-WORKER.CARSON - A man working in a Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. center pulled a gun Tuesday evening, shot a fellow worker and then shot himself to death, sheriff's officials said. The suspect - who was not immediately identified pending notification of relatives - had just returned from a dinner break after 6 p.m. when he began shooting, said Sgt. Susan Cross. After the one victim was wounded, the gunman fired more rounds in the room - where more than 60 people work, Cross said. Most of the workers were able to escape, but three barricaded bar·ri·cade n. 1. A structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy. 2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier. See Synonyms at bulwark. tr.v. themselves in the facility in the 2000 block of Cashdan Street in an effort to protect themselves from the assailant, she said. Deputies from the Carson station were able to remove the injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. man and evacuate e·vac·u·ate v. 1. To empty or remove the contents of. 2. To excrete or discharge waste matter, especially of the bowels. the barricaded workers, Cross said. Members of the Special Weapons Team entered the building about 10 p.m. and found the man in a second-floor office. He was dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, Cross said. |
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