A shooter described as being armed with an assault rifle and having bullets strapped across his chest "like Rambo" opened fire today morning at a FedEx station outside Atlanta, wounding at least six people before police found the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
Police rushed to the center after someone called to report an active shooter at 5:54 am After surrounding the perimeter and working to clear the building, officers found the suspect dead, Cobb County police spokesman Michael Bowman said.
He said there were no immediate reports anyone else had been killed.
FedEx clerk Liza Aiken said she was working inside when she heard something, dropped, looked to her left and saw the gunman.
"He had bullets strapped across his chest like Rambo, a huge assault rifle and he had a knife," Aiken said in a parking lot where employees were gathering not far from their workplace.
Before she could continue, a woman wearing a FedEx jacket told Aiken to stop talking and led her away.
Six people wounded at the FedEx station were taken to nearby Wellstar Kennestone hospital, where spokesman Tyler Pearson said one victim was rushed to surgery with potentially critical injuries. Others were less serious.
"A lot of them were able to walk off the ambulance," Pearson said.
David Titus, a FedEx truck driver, said he was just coming to work when he saw someone walk up and shoot a security guard in the abdomen outside the building. He said he could hear more gunshots after the gunman went inside.
"It was chaos," Titus said. "Everyone was running ducking and hiding, trying to get out of there."
FedEx said the facility north of Atlanta is a hub where packages are sorted and loaded onto vehicles for delivery. It's located next to the general aviation airport for suburban Cobb County.
