# Orlando Workplace Shooting - June 5, 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-workplace-shooting-june-5-2017/788178>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 5, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-workplace-shooting-june-5-2017/788178 "2017-06-05T13:57:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-workplace-shooting-june-5-2017/788178/1 "2017-06-05T13:57:30Z")

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Breaking news story: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/us/orlando-fatalities/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/us/orlando-fatalities/index.html)

I’m sad that my reaction to the (somewhat limited) details after initially seeing the headline was, “Oh, thank God, it’s probably just an ordinary shooting.” Obviously, not an important distinction to those directly impacted by this.

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-workplace-shooting-june-5-2017/788178/2 "2017-06-05T14:14:46Z")

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An update notes five people dead, including the shooter, and that police believe there is no connection to terrorism. They’re describing it as a “work-related incident.”

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-workplace-shooting-june-5-2017/788178/3 "2017-06-05T15:19:33Z")

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Disgruntled ex-employee, according to some of the news feeds.

Le sigh…

ETA: Six dead including shooter at last report - one victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-workplace-shooting-june-5-2017/788178/4 "2017-06-05T15:23:29Z")

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Thank God it was just a disgruntled employee with a gun, or else we’d have to do something about it. As it is, it couldn’t be helped.