{"id":26337,"date":"2012-09-28T15:09:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=26337"},"modified":"2012-09-28T15:09:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T12:09:30","slug":"minnesota-shooting-5-dead-in-shooting-at-minneapolis-business-minneapolis-gunman-26337","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/minnesota-shooting-5-dead-in-shooting-at-minneapolis-business-minneapolis-gunman-26337\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Shooting: 5 dead in shooting at Minneapolis business \/ Minneapolis Gunman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Five people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Minneapolis business and then turned the gun on himself, police said Friday.<\/h1>\n

The incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET) Thursday at Accent Signage Systems in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood, said Sgt. Steven McCarty of the Minneapolis Police Department.<\/p>\n

“I can confirm that the shooter is dead,” Deputy Chief Kris Arneson told reporters. “And he died by a gunshot wound — self-inflicted.”<\/p>\n

Police did not immediately give a motive for the shooting.<\/p>\n

Raymond Thomas “R.T.” Rybak Jr. said that he visited the business about a month ago and that it was rapidly expanding around the world “because they have such cutting-edge technologies.”<\/p>\n

Accent Signage Systems specializes in interior signs that help the visually impaired, The company holds a patent for technology that imprints Braille on things like hotel room numbers and restroom signs.<\/p>\n

According to the company’s Facebook page, Accent started as a part-time engraving business out of company president Reuven Rahamim’s basement in 1984, KARE reported.<\/p>\n

Accent now employs about 30 people and earns $5 million to $10 million each year, the station reported.<\/p>\n

A neighbor who lives close to the business told KARE that an Accent employee hid in her house to escape the shooting.<\/p>\n

“He was visibly fearful,” Barb Gasterland said. “He came running up the side of the road and asked for the phone because he was running from the shooter.”<\/p>\n

Gasterland told KARE that the employee saw his boss and best friend get shot, along with two others.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said he deplored the “senseless” shooting. “There is no place for it anywhere in Minnesota,” he said.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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