Police are responding to an active shooter situation at a manufacturing company in Aurora, Illinois, according to city officials.
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5:11 PM — Joshua Caplan: Henry Pratt Company employees are staying inside its main building as heavy police presence remains outside the plant.
https://twitter.com/DanaCBS2/status/1096531505550118912
5:06 PM — Joshua Caplan: The suspected shooter is dead, per CBS Chicago.
Breaking: Shooter dead in workplace mass shooting in Aurora per source. Body at Kane County Coroner. @cbschicago
— Brad Edwards (@tvbrad) February 15, 2019
4:56 PM — Joshua Caplan: At least one person is dead after an active shooter situation at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Illinois, ABC 7 reports.
https://twitter.com/MarkRiveraABC7/status/1096527100012609536
4:54 PM — Joshua Caplan: A total of 12 civilians were hit during the shooting, per CNN.
4:46 PM — Joshua Caplan: At least two victims were transported to Rush Copley Medical Center, while others were taken to Mercy Medical Center, reports KTLA.
4:37 PM — Joshua Caplan: John Probst, an employee of the Henry Pratt Company, told reporters the suspected shooter is a co-worker who has been an employee of the valve manufacturer for 15 years. Probst said the suspect darted down an aisle of the plant with a pistol fitted with a laser sight. “He was shooting everybody . . . As soon as i heard the shot, we left. As soon as I heard it, I took off,” said Probst, adding that one of the victims “came running down and was bleeding pretty bad.”
4:31 PM — Ezra Dulis: Chicago journalist Tia Ewing and film critic Richard Roeper now say the site of the shooting could be a different company, Alro Steel.
The address for the active shooter situation in Aurora, IL is 641 Archer Ave. That address is for a business known as @alrosteel. #Aurora pic.twitter.com/YDtMCgr4xK
— Tia A. Ewing (@TIA_EWING) February 15, 2019
4:25 PM — Ezra Dulis: Eyewitness says suspect was a coworker.
TWO patients taken to Rush Copley Hospital, others to area hospital. Still waiting on a full count of the injured, but know there were FOUR #Aurora police officers injured. #aurorashooter @ABC7Chicago
— Mark Rivera ABC7 (@MarkRiveraABC7) February 15, 2019
4:17 PM — Ezra Dulis: City spokesman says that multiple people are injured and that wounded officers are in stable conditions — does not confirm specific numbers on casualties.
City of Aurora confirm #Aurora Police officers injured in active shooter situation but in stable condition
— Shannon Halligan (@ShanHalligan) February 15, 2019
4:11 PM — Ezra Dulis: An apparent Twitter account for the city of Aurora says the shooter has been apprehended.
EMERGENCY UPDATE | 3 p.m.
THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN APPREHENDED! The area is still on lock down!
More information will be provided soon.
— City of Aurora, IL (@CityofAuroraIL) February 15, 2019
4:04 PM — AWR Hawkins: The Daily Herald reports that the attack occurred at the Henry Pratt Company, a manufacturer of water valves. According to the Herald, civilians and four Aurora police officers are wounded, and the shooter is still at large.
Aerial footage shows police response to active shooter situation in Aurora, Illinois. https://t.co/LAIUkP79eV pic.twitter.com/DG81N5bxw9
— ABC News (@ABC) February 15, 2019
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