On November 14, 2008, Brian Pugh, the vice president of operations at semiconductor company SiPort Inc., was shot and killed at the company offices in Santa Clara, California. Company CEO Sid Agrawal and a third female victim, who was not immediately identified, were also pronounced dead. The police named 47-year-old Jing Hua Wu, a former SiPort employee, as the murder suspect and were still searching for him as of November 15.SignOnSanDiego.com: Police search for Silicon Valley shooting suspect (November 15, 2008)

Shortly before 4:00 p.m. on November 14, 2008, Jing Hua Wu reportedly entered the SiPort offices and began firing shots. According to Santa Clara police Lieutenant Mike Seller, Wu had been employed as an engineer at SiPort and had lost his job either the morning of the shooting or the previous day. When police arrived on the scene, the suspect had fled and police had yet to locate him as of November 15, 2008.The Mercury News: Man who lost job at Santa Clara startup killed 3... (November 14, 2008)