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MINNEAPOLIS — After being told he was losing his job at a Minneapolis
sign company, Andrew Engeldinger responded by saying "oh really,"
taking out a gun and opening fire on his two managers. Then he fired
again as the company owner tried to help his wounded employees.

Police reports released Friday provided new details of the shooting
rampage last week at Accent Signage Systems that left six people dead,
including the gunman, and three wounded. It was Minnesota's deadliest
workplace shooting.

The reports show that the 36-year-old Engeldinger shot two of the
company's top managers, John Souter and Rami Crooks, just as they were
terminating him at the end of his workday Sept. 27.

"Engeldinger responded by saying `oh really' and took out a gun that
he had in a holster in his waist area," one report said.

Around nine shots were fired in the ensuing struggle in Souter's
office, and a magazine with about seven live rounds fell to the floor.
Souter was shot in the chest but able to leave his office as the
struggle moved into the hallway, and he asked for someone to call 911.
Souter remained hospitalized Friday.

Cooks was shot several times, including at least once in the head, but
remained on his feet, the reports said. He later died at a hospital.

Company owner and founder Reuven Rahamim came out of his office next
door and was on the ground trying to help one of his wounded employees
just before Engeldinger fatally shot him, according to the reports.

His executive assistant, Amanda Crotty, told police that Rahamim was
on the floor, holding Souter, when Engeldinger shot Rahamim twice in
the head at close range. Crotty said she ran and hid under her desk.

Engeldinger's demeanor was described as calm, and witnesses said he
didn't "appear to be moving fast but walking and moving in a normal
manner," according to one report.

The report also described Engeldinger calmly walking past Crotty and
other women in the office toward another part of the building before
they heard him start firing again, shooting other male employees along
the way while leaving women alone.

He shot employee Jacob Beneke in the sign display area, while employee
Ron Edberg and UPS driver Keith Basinski were both shot in the loading
dock. All three men died.

Another employee, Eric Rivers, remained hospitalized Friday in
critical condition, while Souter was in "satisfactory" condition,
according to Hennepin County Medical Center. Another employee grazed
by a bullet has been released.

Many of the documents describe how police quickly converged on the
company after the first 911 call came in. Officers said they were
acting methodically and cautiously as they entered the building
because they weren't sure where Engeldinger was.

Officers eventually found Engeldinger dead, seated in a chair in the
basement with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,
according to the police reports. His Glock 9 mm semi-automatic pistol
was near his feet.

Souter told police at the hospital that night that Engeldinger was an
introvert. According to documents in his personnel file, his
shortcomings on the job included the quality of his work, showing up
late and problems in his dealings with other employees.

Another report detailed police interviews with Engeldinger's parents,
who have said their son struggled with mental illness for years and
had shut them out of his life for nearly two years before the attack.
Engeldinger's mother told police her family had a clinically diagnosed
history of schizophrenia, and described her son as "competitive and
intelligent."

His father said Engeldinger was "competitive and liked things done by
the book." He said his son was made fun of as a teenager for having "a
high level of intelligence," and also said his son went through a drug
rehab program in his late teens or early 20s.

Both parents said their son didn't have a girlfriend and had "no known
friends."

One report said the gun used in the attack was purchased in October
2011 from KGS Guns and Ammo in Minneapolis. The shop's owner, Mark
Koscielski, told The Associated Press that he sold Engeldinger the gun
– he recalled the price as around $620 – after Engeldinger filled out
a permit-to-purchase application with police and passed an FBI check.
He said he made small talk with Engeldinger because he noticed his
address wasn't far from where Koscielski grew up, but nothing stood
out in memory about the conversation.

After that, Koscielski said, "He just came in a few times to
window-shop, but that's about it."
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