An accounting firm employee who was fired last week shot and killed a woman and wounded two men Monday at the suburban Detroit building where he worked , then led officers on a high - speed chase , police said .
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An accounting firm employee who was fired last week shot and killed a woman and wounded two men Monday at the suburban Detroit building where he worked , then led officers on a high - speed chase , <m> police </m> said .
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Gunman kills 1 , wounds 2 at accounting office
Suspect had been fired last week by Troy , Mich . , company
An accounting firm employee who was fired last week shot and killed a woman and wounded two men Monday at the suburban Detroit building where he worked , then led officers on a high - speed chase , <m> police </m> said .
Hours after the shooting , a motorist 50 miles north of Detroit spotted a vehicle described on radio reports and notified authorities , touching off a 30 - mile pursuit that passed through a construction zone and reached speeds of 120 mph , officials said .
Anthony LaCalamita III , 38 , said nothing after officers surrounded him , Genesee County Sheriff Robert J . Pickell said .
Officers found a 12 - gauge pump - action shotgun and three live shells in the vehicle , but LaCalamita as “ subdued .
Very , very , very subdued , ” the sheriff said .
LaCalamita ’ s calmness at the conclusion belied a frantic mid - morning at the offices of Gordon Advisors , a 40 - to 50 - employee company where workers had been busy preparing tax returns .
'Pop , pop , pop'
“ We heard pop , pop , pop , ” smelled gunpowder and heard co - workers yelling , said Jean Larson , 48 , a staff accountant for G&C , a subsidiary of Gordon Advisors .
“ I heard one employee screaming , ‘ He ’ s got a gun .
He ’ s got a gun . ’ . . .
It was a panic .
No one knew what to do .
No one knew where to go . ”
After briefly assembling in the employee lunchroom , some employees opted to hole up inside individual offices .
Larson joined two female co - workers , barricading the locked door with chairs , turning off the lights and silencing their cell phones .
Beneath a desk , the three curled up and kept quiet .
“ I was just so scared , ” Larson said .
“ I just kept thinking , ‘ This can ’ t be happening . ” ’
Police said the person killed was a 63 - year - old woman from Warren but would not name her .
A message posted Monday afternoon on the accounting firm ’ s Web site said the office would be closed Tuesday in memory of Madeline Kafoury .
Retiree had returned part - time
Larson said Kafoury was well - known and well - liked .
She said Kafoury retired last year following the conclusion of tax season , but returned part - time this year after her successor quit .
Troy Police Lt . Gerry Scherlinck identified the other victims as a 47 - year - old man and a 48 - year - old man .
Wolfe said the families of the wounded men requested privacy , and the hospital would not release any details about their conditions .
“ I ’ m not positive all three of the people were targeted but there appeared to be some purpose , ” Troy Police Chief Charles Craft said .
LaCalamita was being held on charges of fleeing and eluding police and was expected to be charged Tuesday in the shooting .
LaCalamita was fired last week , Craft said , but still was listed on the Web site of Gordon Advisors .
Calls made to Gordon were not answered , and a recording said the offices were closed .