Disgruntled Employee Shoots Boss After Job Demotion, Then Kills Self In Chicago Building

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man upset about a job demotion gravely wounded the chief executive of his company in a downtown Chicago office building and then fatally shot himself, police said on Thursday.

The 54-year-old executive was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds to his stomach and head. The dead gunman was 59 years old.

Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said he could not confirm the name of the company but the Chicago Sun-Times said it was the software firm ArrowStream.

McCarthy described the shooting as an isolated workplace incident.

“He’s a long time employee who comes in with a backpack like an employee normally does,” he said of the gunman. “It’s basically a personal thing. The company is downsizing and a number of people were demoted …

“He asked for a one-on-one with the CEO and that’s when this happened,” McCarthy said.

Police were interviewing 10 witnesses who were on the 17th floor of the Bank of America building on South LaSalle Street, where the shooting happened before 10 a.m., he said.

Neil Machchhar, an information technology specialist who works on the 14th floor of the building, told Reuters an announcement came over the building’s public address system telling employees to “stay in place” because there was an armed intruder in the building.

“The person on the P.A. sounded a little shaky,” he said.

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  • Melanin_Enriched
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    So another chi town ? shot in the head and survives huh? Evolution b.
  • Antlerz
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    worst attempt at a murder suicide
  • Copper
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    I want the news yo do s segment about how problematic work place shootings in the white community are
  • cobbland
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    1CK1S wrote: »
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    CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man upset about a job demotion gravely wounded the chief executive of his company in a downtown Chicago office building and then fatally shot himself, police said on Thursday.

    The 54-year-old executive was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds to his stomach and head. The dead gunman was 59 years old.

    He was just demoted (from C.T.O), not abruptly fired, just demoted.

    This is a brief resume of his:
    Tony DeFrances

    defrances.jpg?w=420&h=315&crop=1

    Chief Technology Officer

    Tony DeFrances is the Chief Technology Officer for ArrowStream. With ArrowStream virtually since its inception, Tony leads all aspects of ArrowStream’s technology, including Development, Quality Assurance, Technical Support, Documentation, Systems and Network Infrastructure, and Data Management.

    DeFrances brings more than 25 years of technology experience to ArrowStream. For the 10 years prior to joining the company, he founded and ran a successful software company that developed and sold communications, middleware, and sales force automation products and services to Fortune 500 companies in foodservice and other industries. Prior to starting his own company, DeFrances spent 15 years in technology consulting and software development.

    DeFrances has a Master of Science in Experimental Psychology and a Masters of Computer Science from the University of Dayton.

    http://www.arrowstream.com/public/about-leadership.shtml

    He couldn't handle being demoted at one company, despite having another company of his own that he could have devoted more time too, and the ability to apply for positions at more prestigious companies, many of which are located within walking distance from ArrowStream's downtown office???

    Chicago has a 19.5 % unemployment rate for blacks in general, and a 92% unemployment rate for black male teens ages 16-19, and this man couldn't handle being demoted?
  • DarthRozay
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    "You can't fire me because I quit....life!"
  • WhoisDonG???
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    That sound all well and good but dude was 60 years old. No company is not trying hire and pay a dinosaur salary this day and age. Sounds like he had a lot of pressure. And just snapped. When you at the top of the food chain for so long it's hard to hear demotion. That means fired is not to far away.
    cobbland wrote: »
    1CK1S wrote: »
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    CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man upset about a job demotion gravely wounded the chief executive of his company in a downtown Chicago office building and then fatally shot himself, police said on Thursday.

    The 54-year-old executive was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds to his stomach and head. The dead gunman was 59 years old.

    He was just demoted (from C.T.O), not abruptly fired, just demoted.

    This is a brief resume of his:
    Tony DeFrances

    defrances.jpg?w=420&h=315&crop=1

    Chief Technology Officer

    Tony DeFrances is the Chief Technology Officer for ArrowStream. With ArrowStream virtually since its inception, Tony leads all aspects of ArrowStream’s technology, including Development, Quality Assurance, Technical Support, Documentation, Systems and Network Infrastructure, and Data Management.

    DeFrances brings more than 25 years of technology experience to ArrowStream. For the 10 years prior to joining the company, he founded and ran a successful software company that developed and sold communications, middleware, and sales force automation products and services to Fortune 500 companies in foodservice and other industries. Prior to starting his own company, DeFrances spent 15 years in technology consulting and software development.

    DeFrances has a Master of Science in Experimental Psychology and a Masters of Computer Science from the University of Dayton.

    http://www.arrowstream.com/public/about-leadership.shtml

    He couldn't handle being demoted at one company, despite having another company of his own that he could have devoted more time too, and the ability to apply for positions at more prestigious companies, many of which are located within walking distance from ArrowStream's downtown office???

    Chicago has a 19.5 % unemployment rate for blacks in general, and a 92% unemployment rate for black male teens ages 16-19, and this man couldn't handle being demoted?

  • JDSTAYWITIT
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    Population Control.
  • sully
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    someone on the chicago subreddit on reddit worked in that building (Bank of America building) and said that swat teams and police went through the building and ? and blocked off the area in front of it. He was asking what happened.


    Guess we know the answer. some dude off'd himself.