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Page 10 • Thursday, November 4, 1999 N ATION Second office shooting this week claims 2 fives in Sea Police search for disguised, unidentified gunman SEATTLE (AP) — A gunman wearing a dark 'overcoat over camouflage clothing opened fire yesterday in the office of a ship re pair company, killing two people and wound ing two others. A search was under way for the attacker, police said. Police used dogs in the hunt through the largely residential Wallingford neighborhood. At least a dozen schools in the area north of downtown Seattle were locked down with the children inside while the search continued, police said. The shooting happened about 10:30 a.m. in an office of Northlake Shipyard on the north shore of Lake Union, police said. “He walked in and started shooting. That’s all we know,” Pam McCammon, a police spokesperson, said. One man died at the scene, and three others were wounded. The second victim died at Har- borview Medical Center, police at the hospital said. Hospital spokesperson Larry Zalin said one man remained in critical condition. The other vic tim, a 19-year-old man, was in satisfactory con dition with a gunshot wound in the right arm. One victim told detectives that the four who were injured — all employees of Northlake Shipyard — were in the office when the shoot er came in, and that none knew him, said po lice spokesperson Christie-Lynne Bonner. The suspect, described as possibly in his 30s, was wearing the overcoat and camouflage clothing along with a brown hat when he walked in a back door of the business and started firing, police said. Jeannie Parr, who was in a different office across the hallway from the scene, said sfie was about 6 feet from where the shootings took place. “He came in calmly,” she told Northwest Cable News. “I didn’t hear any sounds of a confrontation or argument. ... All I heard was gunshots.” Christian Weber, president of a Web page design company, said he came back from lunch to find police all around his office build ing near the scene. “1 hope my friends and employees are all right,” he said. “I hope they find him, and he’s not still here when they leave.” Scottie Pierce of Seattle Boat, across the street from the shipyard building, said he was sending his employees home early. “It’s almost a surreal type situation, faced with what the nation went through in Hawaii yesterday,” he told Northwest Cable News. “I’m quite concerned that there’s someone running around with a gun.” Seven people were shot to death Tuesday at a Xerox Corp. building in Honolulu. The suspected gunman, Byran Uyesugi, a Xerox employee, fled after the slayings and surrendered hours later. President Clinton expressed his sorrow about the shootings from the White House. “Let me begin by saying that I join with all Americans in expressing shock and profound sor row at the shootings which have occurred over the last two days in Honolulu and Seattle,” he said. “The federal government has offered all ap propriate assistance to local officials. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and with their families.” Barbara Gravelle, a receptionist at a busi ness near the Northlake Shipyard office, said she knows three of the people who were shot. “They’re all kids. They don’t deserve this,” she said. “It’s not right. They’re good kids — good-natured and happy.” Northlake Shipyard building Seattle a> c. o c/5’ Multiple shootings Wallingford N. Northlake Way Gas Works , Park r, Lxike Union Meridian University of Washington (520) Capitol Hill Elliot Bay Seattle Lake (Downtown) Washington 1 mile .1 km Beacon Hill AP Cable news networks take precautions, try not to hinder manhunt NEW YORK (AP) — As police searched for a gunman in Seattle yesterday, two cable news net works gave their audience a bird’s-eye view. But while CNN and MSNBC carried extended “chopper cam” sequences, they took measures not to hamper the effort to find the man who just hours earlier had opened fire, killing one per son and wounding three others. Meanwhile, newscasters made the audience aware of the need for restraint. “Police are very leery of instant communication,” CNN’s Seattle correspondent Jim Hill told view ers, “and the ability of the media ... to simply give away the where abouts of police during a critical part of a search.” “I’ve noticed that the helicopter pilots are taking very, very tight shots or veiy, veiy long shots” during the house-to-house investigation, replied CNN anchor Lou Waters. “We’re following our standards and practices guide,” CNN spokesperson David Bittler said. “We’re being mindful of how we describe or show law enforcement actions, in the event that the sus pect is watching our air.” Like CNN, MSNBC relied on “chopper cam” video from Seat tle affiliate stations. But MSNBC opted to broadcast only record ed footage of the search, which it reviewed for any telling details before airing, according to MSNBC spokesperson Cameron Blanchard. “You’re NOT looking at a live picture of where the police are fo cusing the search,” viewers were told in a typical reminder from an MSNBC correspondent. Honolulu man accused ofkillini offers police no clues on motmi\ iin Bi HONOLULU (AP) — Police had few clues yesterday to why Xerox copier repairman Byran Uyesugi allegedly opened fire on his co-workers, killing seven a day earlier. Uyesugi, in police custody since his arrest Tuesday after noon, has offered no explanation, police said. “He was under no threat of losing his job. There was no thought of it, no hint of it,” Xerox president and CEO G. Richard Thoman said yesterday. He and other company officials would not comment on the Uyesugi family’s comments that he had threatened a su pervisor and had gotten anger coun seling in 1993. Thoman and other officials re fused to provide __________ details about Uye- sugi’s work history, citing em- SWAT teams after a fivd standoff near the Hawaii Center, which was full oh: children taking hikes. Ase;| his home found 11 handgun] rifles and two shotguns. “You would never would happen at yourwoilj You hear it all around,"™ Leon, a Xerox employee,saJ this is too close, way tood] The shooting was tl tragedy m BY JASC The I “He was under no threat of losing his job. There was no thought of it, no hint of it.” — Richard Thoman Xerox president and CEO companyi ry and the) mass mur; Hawaii's i It was, ning blow state witlr murders Id and an er: reputation | America’s adise. Uyesugi will faces degree charge, The Texas A leer Team disco [of tournameni [night — it onh [end the efforts Seventh-see [versity handed [loss in the first [their hope for a [Big 12 Champi [tonio. The Cyclone [history with i [with bad mem llowa State h [against A&M, loutscored 17- ployee confidentiality rules. Xerox’s vice president for Hawaii, Glenn Sexton, said he had no information to indicate that Uyesugi had been anything but a good worker in his 15 years with the company. Co-workers knew him as “a very quiet, re served and probably shy individ ual,” he said. “Maybe it was the last straw. I don’t know,” Uyesugi's brother Dennis, who helped talk him into surrendering, said. He said he did not ask his brother why. Police said Uyesugi, a 40-year- old gun collector, calmly walked into his two-story office building TUesday morning, said “hello” to a co-worker and then allegedly fired 20 rounds at his fellow tech nicians. One of the victims was his supervisor. Uyesugi surrendered to police able by a mandatory sent life in prison without the bility of parole. Hawaii death penalty. Uyesugi’s father, Hiro.s, son had undergone angei agement counseling after:: ening a supervisor anddai an elevator door in 1993 Uyesugi was named in acri property damage complair. later was dropped. [series. Iowa State 1 [its work cut or [on the high-1 [fense. The Cycloni Igies by taking game highligh posture that w< [couple of forw The strateg [to keep A&M gave Iowa Sta: At the scene of theshoii Dallas Q cleared the offices remainedclosecj terday and flower leis draped over a wall at th trance Thoman said Xerox hass a $50,000 fund to help the lies of the victims The company also will p funeral expenses of the vi and help with future expet such as college costs for the rims' 12 children. IRVING (A boys quarte as cleared fter an MF r ered no dan he head su Cowboys i ults of Tue ry MRI she ave a cone ill be able 1999 AGGIELAND P ICKING UP your 1999 Aggieland is easy. If you ordered a book, go to the basement of the Reed McDonald Building, and show your Student ID. If you did not order last year's Texas A&M yearbook (the 1998-99 school year), you may purchase one for $35 plus tax in 015 Reed McDonald. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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