Jason Rodriguez

Jason Rodriguez is the suspect in the November 6, 2009 mass shooting at Orlando Gateway Center, a downtown Orlando high rise office building. Following the shooting, police embarked on a manhunt for Rodriguez, looking for a man wearing a light blue polo shirt and jeans, and driving a 2002 silver Nissan SUVhttp://netnewsdaily.com/2009/11/06/gateway-shooting-suspect-rodriguez/ with license plate D119UX.http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/11/06/349156.aspx At approximately 2:20 p.m. EST, police confirmed that Rodriguez was under arrest. A SWAT team apprehended him at his mother's house.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-shooting-reported-downtown-orlando-20091106,0,7958763.story

The shooting occurred around 11:50 a.m. at 1000 Legion Place, an office building in downtown Orlando, FL. One person has died, and 5 people have been reported wounded.http://gawker.com/5398857/2-dead-so-far-in-florida-mass-shooting-shooter-still-at-largehttp://www.examiner.com/x-12837-US-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Watch-live-coverage-of-Orlando-Shooting-Now Rodriguez is reportedly a disgruntled former employee at the transportation consulting firm Reynolds, Smith & Hills, which has 11 office locations in Florida, including one at the Legion Place building.http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/orl-jason-rodriguez-bio-orlando-shooting,0,2996810.storyhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33726074/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/orl-jason-rodriguez-bio-orlando-shooting,0,2996810.story Rodriguez worked as an entry level engineer for 11 months, but was laid off June 2007 for poor performance.http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/1-dead-suspect-Jason-Rodriguez-caught-in-Orlando/of-7oQp9T0-UcjSmrgBWsA.cspx According to a colleague, "He took it a little worse than most people."http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/orl-jason-rodriguez-bio-orlando-shooting,0,2996810.story CNN caught footage of Rodriguez being walked in handcuffs into police custody. When asked why he committed the crime, Rodriguez responded, "They left me to rot."http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/11/06/vo.fl.shooting.perp.walk.cfn13

Rodriguez told detectives he was unemployed for a year and a half after being laid off by RS&H, but recently found a part time job at Subway. He could not support himself and his family with the wages he earned, and filed for unemployment. When unemployment benefits never materialized, he blamed RS&H.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-orlando-shooting-appearance-1110709,0,6909137,full.story Rodriguez had recently told a bankruptcy judge that he was making less than $30,000 a year, with debts of nearly $90,000.http://www.newser.com/article/d9bqs3e80/lawyer-fla-office-shooting-suspect-very-mentally-ill-under-stress-of-bankruptcy-divorce.htmlhttp://www.newser.com/article/d9bqkiao1/police-out-of-work-engineer-angry-at-company-that-fired-him-shoots-6-employees-kills-1.html