Irwindale Edison shooter, victims identified

Irwindale, California -- The gunman who killed at least two people and then himself in an office building in southern California is a 48-year-old man from the nearby town of Norco, authorities said Saturday.
He was identified as Andre Turner.
Those slain Friday were Henry Serrano, 56, of Walnut, California; and Robert Lindsay, 53, of Chino, California, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said.
The building is occupied by Southern California Edison, one of the nation's largest electric utilities, serving almost 14 million people, according to a company statement.
The victims were employees from Southern California Edison, but utility officials didn't provide further details, including whether the gunman was an employee.


According to police, Turner, an Edison employee, shot four of his co-workers, killing two of them and wounding two others. Officials say Turner then turned the gun on himself and took his own life.


The two victims who were killed were identified as 57-year-old Henry Serrano of Walnut and 53-year-old Robert Lindsay of Chino.


The two others injured in the shooting, a man and a woman, were hospitalized in critical condition. Their identities were not released.


The shooting broke out at Edison's No. 3 building on the 4900 block of Rivergrade Road at about 1:30 p.m. Friday.


Olive Junior High School and Walnut Elementary School in the Baldwin Park Unified School District were placed on locked down for some time following the shooting.


SWAT and emergency response teams surrounded the building as employees say they had to barricade themselves inside conference rooms and break rooms.


Many contacted family members using cellphones, and loved ones say they just tried to keep them calm.


"I just was telling her, just do what she has to do to survive and be safe," said Ron Orona, whose daughter works in the building.


Monica Salazar said her mother, a 30-year Edison employee, was inside the building at the time of the shooting. Her mother communicated through text message, saying a group of them had locked themselves in a conference room.


As Salazar was being interviewed by Eyewitness News, she was reunited with her mother.


Edison is calling the shooting one of the worst days in the company's 125-year history. The utility will be offering funds and grief counseling for employees and the families of the victims.


Detectives are working to determine the motive behind the shooting. Authorities say they plan on searching Turner's home and looking at surveillance footage from inside the building at the time of the shooting.