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7 killed in Massachusetts shooting
Suspect 42, was co-worker at Internet consulting firm.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/507989.asp
A SWAT member in Wakefield, Mass., enters the office building where a mass
shooting took place Tuesday.
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WAKEFIELD, Mass., Dec 26 — Seven people were killed Tuesday when a
co-worker at an Internet consulting firm opened fire at the company’s
offices in suburban Boston. Officials said Michael McDermott, 42, would be
charged with seven counts of murder in the shootings at Edgewater Technology.
“THE GUNMAN went postal,” one witness told reporters.
Officials offered no motive for the shootings, though the company had
recently announced some 25 layoffs.
McDermott had an AK-47 rifle, a shotgun and a handgun when police burst
into the building. Police said McDermott was sitting in the lobby and had
to be subdued when he was taken into custody.
Darren Emery, the manager of a store across the street, told MSNBC Cable
that 14 employees took cover in his store and that several said the gunman
had been at the office all morning and opened fire without warning.
Nancy Pecjo, a software developer with the company, said 30 to 40 employees
worked at the Wakefield office.
She did not know who had been shot.
“It’s a great company, a wonderful company,” she said, adding that she
didn’t know of anyone who’d been fired recently or was disgruntled.
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small company, you get to know everybody there,” she said. “When something
like this happens it’s very distressing.”
Edgewater, which offers e-commerce services, is in the process of moving
its headquarters from Fayetteville, Ark., to its building in Wakefield,
about 10 miles north of Boston.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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