5 killed after gunman got fired in Illinois

On 16 February, Gary Martin, the gunman, killed five of his colleagues and injured five policemen after finding out that he was going to get fired at the Henry Pratt Company industrial warehouse in Aurora, Illinois. where he was illegally armed with a Smith & Wesson handgun.

According to the Aurora police, Martin was in possession of an illegal Smith and Wesson handgun. The police officers, who arrived within 90 minutes engaged Martin in a shootout after he failed to follow the officer’s commands.