At least five people killed in gunfire in Chicago suburban factory

AURORA.- A man has recently been fired from a factory in the suburbs of Chicago, in

United States

, opened fire last night on the premises of the company and killed five of his ex-companions and injured five policemen. He is also dead, killed by security forces.

The 45-year-old striker, identified as Gary Martin, had been a valve badembler for Henry Pratt for 15 years at a plant 65 km west of the city.

Chicago

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At a press conference, Kristen Ziman, police chief of Aurora, said that it was not yet clear whether Martin had the weapon – a weapon Smith & Wesson – when he was fired or went "looking for him". specially. It remains to be seen if the weapon
It was legal.

The man, who was convicted in 1995 of serious badault in Mississippi, according to public reports, reportedly began shooting inside the plant. Police arrived a few minutes later, after receiving frantic requests for help.

Martin was hiding for an hour in the huge establishment, which almost occupies an apple. When the officers found him, there was a shootout: he fired and the cops "made it," Ziman said.

Five police officers were shot and a sixth Martin's former partner was also injured. All were hospitalized. He died instantly.

"God bless the brave agents who continue to face danger," said the governor of Illinois,
Jay Robert Pritzker, at a press conference.

Last night's attack was added to a series of violent episodes with guns in a country where large-scale shootings have become frequent.

AP and Reuters agencies