A gunman opened fired at an office downtown Orlando, Florida, Friday morning killing one person and injuring five others.

BBC News reports that Orlando police identified the gunman as Jason Rodriguez, 40, who used to work there. He was arrested at his mother’s house after fleeing the scene.

Twitter users in the area shared their concerns on the trending topic:

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   scotymax (Orlando, Fla.) Holy smokes! Shootings at the office building where I work in Orlando. Just happened to take today off. 06 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   GarrickBoyd (Orlando, Fla.) Suspect in the Orlando office shootings, Jason Rodriguez, 40, silver 02 Nissan SUV D11UXR http://yfrog.com/j84jxj 06 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   JP_Renaud (Orlando, Fla.) Orlando Florida Legion Place shooting – businesses at this location: RS&H, Tews staffing, Gulfatlantic Tile, an attoryney’s office, etc. 06 Nov 2009 from web
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   CMHillard (Orlando, Fla.) The office of one of our engineering subcontractors was shot up this afternoon by some psycho!!! I hope Keith is okay!!! 06 Nov 2009 from web
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   sam_gardner (Orlando, Fla.) Last I heard, our 16th floor office has been evacuated, but the 7th floor is still locked in the building, but safe #orlandoshooting 06 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   ShirleyHuangESQ (Orlando, Fla.) News station reporting suspected Orlando office gunman said “They (his employer) left me to rot” (re: layoff). 06 Nov 2009 from DestroyTwitter
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   Krispykreme88 (Undisclosed) Scary – Lure office less than a mile from the shooting – thankful our design friends at Engauge are all safe! 06 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   riccaboni (Orlando, Fla.) My school & hospital were on locked down because some dude shot up an office building that was 5 blocks from my location. What is going on?! 06 Nov 2009 from web

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