Sacked worker shoots ex - colleagues
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sack worker shoot ex colleague
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April 10 , 2007 - 7 : 07AM
A man suspected of shooting three people , killing one , at a suburban Detroit accounting firm from which he was fired last week was arrested after a high - speed chase a few hours after the attack this morning , authorities said .
Police said they had located Anthony LaCalamita , 38 , on the Interstate 75 highway , north of the office building where the shootings took place .
Sheriff's deputies and state police chased him for 48km , including through a construction zone , at speeds up to 193km / h before he finally pulled over after about 15 minutes , Genesee County Sheriff Robert J Pickell said .
"He probably realised if he didn't , he was going to be shot , " Undersheriff James Gage said .
LaCalamita said nothing after officers surrounded him , Pickell said , describing the suspect as "subdued .
Very , very , very subdued" .
Officers found a 12 - gauge pump - action shotgun and three live shells in the vehicle , Pickell said .
Witnesses said the shooter used a shotgun or a rifle , Troy police Lieutenant Gerry Scherlinck said .
Some witnesses told police that when the shooter walked into the office on the building's second floor at about 10am today , he looked as if he was trying to hide something , Troy Police Chief Charles Craft said .
Police could not say how many shots were fired .
"I'm not positive all three of the people were targeted , but there appeared to be some purpose , " Craft said .
The families of the two wounded men requested "total privacy" , and the hospital would not release any details about their conditions , Beaumont Hospital spokeswoman Ilene Wolfe said .
She said the third victim died on the way to the hospital .
LaCalamita was listed among the professional staff on the website of Gordon Advisers , a public accounting and business consulting firm in the building .
Calls to Gordon Advisers were not answered this afternoon , and a recording said the offices were closed .
The 15 , 800 - square - metre building houses a number of businesses , including law offices and the accounting firm .
Police at first told workers to stay in their offices but a short time later evacuated the building , about 24km north of Detroit .
Bill Adgate , who works at LPL Financial inside the building , said he had hunkered down inside the office for a couple of hours with furniture pushed up against the door .
He said police told the group to stay put until officers allowed them to leave .
"It's tough .
I want to get out , " Adgate said by telephone .