Multiple wounded in US shooting, suspect dead

A gunman opened fire in an industrial area on the outskirts of Chicago Friday, wounding multiple bystanders before he was shot dead by police, officials and reports said.

Witnesses told local media they locked themselves into nearby buildings as a man in his 30s or 40s began firing off rounds at a manufacturing complex in Aurora, Illinois.

Local media reported that the suspected gunman was killed soon after local police and federal agents flooded the area, 65 kilometers west of central Chicago.

John Probst, who was in the building as the shooting began but was able to escape, told the local ABC TV affiliate he recognized the gunman as a co-worker.

"What I saw was the guy running down the aisles with a pistol with a laser on it," he said. "We were just scared."
Aurora city spokesman Clayton Muhammad told the local CBS TV affiliate less than two hours after the shooting began that "the immediate threat to the community has been neutralized."