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Terror continues: 5 shot, 1 dead in office shooting in orlando

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Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- At least seven people with serious gunshot wounds were brought out of an Orlando, Florida, office building Friday, a spokeswoman with the city fire department said. An Orlando Police Department spokeswoman identified the alleged shooter as Jason Rodriguez, who used to work in the building. He is still at large, said John Tormos of the Orlando Fire Department. A spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, which is helping the city police department, said investigators are looking for a man wearing a blue Polo shirt, gray vest and blue jeans. "We're in a search mode for the gunman," said Jim Solomons, a spokesman for the sheriff's office. CNN affiliate WESH said the shooting occurred at the Gateway Center -- a 16-story building near Lake Ivanhoe and Interstate 4. Six people have been shot, two of them fatally at an office building at 1000 Legion Place in dowtown Orlando. The shootings happened on the 4th, 8th, and 12th floods o...