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AURORA, Ill. — Police have identified the five people gunned down by a co-worker who was being fired in Aurora on Friday.
The shooting began at 1:24 p.m. at Henry Pratt Company, a 29,000-square-foot manufacturing warehouse at 641 Archer Ave. in west suburban Aurora, according to Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman.
Police said gunman Gary Martin, 45, likely brought his .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun to work because he knew he was being fired from his job of 15 years. Martin, who was convicted in 1995 of aggravated assault, was not licensed to own or carry a gun.
The deceased victims were identified Saturday as:
- Clayton Parks, of Elgin, Ill., a human resources manager who began working at Henry Pratt in November;
- Trevor Wehner, 21, of DeKalb, Ill., a human resources intern and student at Northern Illinois University;
- Russell Beyer, of Yorkville, Ill., a union chairman who worked at Henry Pratt for more than 20 years;
- Vicente Juarez, of Oswego, Ill., a stock room attendant and fork lift operator who had been with the company since 2006;
- and Josh Pinkard, of Oswego, Ill., a plant manager from Alabama who moved to Aurora last year.
- a 39-year-old man with 13 years of service
- a 52-year-old man with 25 years of service
- a 52-year-old man with 24 years of service
- a 53-year-old man with 30 years of service
- and a 24-year-old man with just under four years of service.