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Employment Network News KILLINGS IN THE WORKPLACE "Have a nice day" the gunman said, as he opened fire on co-workers in two broking firms.ATLANTA – A gunman stormed two brokerages in Atlanta’s financial district yesterday, fatally shootinging nine people after apparently killing his wife and two children in the days leading up to the attack.
Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell said Mark Barton, aged
44, a day trader who invested other people’s money, committed suicide five
hours after the shooting spree at brokerages All-Tech Investments and
Momentum Securities, located near each other on Atlanta’s bustling
Piedmont Ave.
Witnesses said that Barton was apparently unhappy over stock and bond
market losses when he walked into the first brokerage and produced a pair
of 9mm and a .45-calibre handguns and opened fire killing five. "I hope
this doesn’t ruin your trading day," he said before he opened fire,
claimed one witness. "He was apparently a day trader at a brokerage firm and was concerned
about financial losses," the mayor said. "He was there, noticed the market was down and pulled out a gun and
began shooting." When the rampage ended, four people were dead in a
brokerage office at Piedmont Center and five at the second brokerage,
Campbell said. Twelve other people were shot and wounded.Police SWAT teams
began a massive manhunt, searching neighbouring buildings floor by floor
but quickly spreading beyond the city limits. Barton was eventually pulled
over in his van five hours later. He used one of the weapons to kill himself as
police closed in on him at a petrol station in Austell,
Georgia, about 16km east of Atlanta. |
