Victims, Shooter in Edison Office Rampage Identified

IRWINDALE, Calif. (KTLA) --        Serrano, 56, of Walnut.
Officials have identified the      SCE employee Angela Alvarez,
gunman who opened fire inside      46, from Glendale, and
a Southern California Edison       contractor Abhay Pimpale, 38,
office building on Friday,         of Montebello, were wounded
killing himself and two            in the shooting. They are
others, as 48-year-old Andre       both listed in critical
Turner of Norco.                   condition.
Officials received a call at       According to CEO of Edison
1:33 p.m. Friday of an armed       International Ted Craver, the
man inside a building located      remaining four victims were
at 4900 Rivergrade Road, just      also employees.
off the 605 Freeway,               "This is one of the most
Irwindale Police Chief Dennis      horrible days in our
Smith said.                        company's history," said
Witnesses said the man, armed      Craver. "Our thoughts and
with a semi-automatic handgun,     prayers are with the family
calculated his fire.               and friends of the employees."
"He told people to leave and       Many workers huddled under
he was very deliberate about       their desks or barricaded
who he shot," said one             themselves in conference
employee.                          rooms during the assault.
"He did not like management."      The evacuated workers were
The shooter was identified         held in a parking lot as
early Saturday morning as          investigators combed through
Andre Turner, 48, an employee      the campus.
at the Rivergrade facility,        SCE says it is  providing
which houses employees who         grief counselors for
primarily work in Information      employees and families and is
Technology.                        setting up funds for those
Turner died of a self-             impacted by the shooting.
inflicted gunshot wound,           Nearby Olive Middle School
according to Smith.                and Walnut Elementary were on
One victim died at the scene,      lock down for a time, but
and another on the way to the      students were released to
hospital.  Both have been          their parents a short time
identified as Robert Lindsay,      later.
53, of Chino, and Henry            

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