Two people have died and two to three others have been hurt in an early morning shooting at FreightCar America in Roanoke.
(WDBJ)- At 6:02 a.m., the reports came in about a shooting on the 800 block of Campbell Ave. at FreightCar America.
The shooter is one of the two dead. Police believe the shooter took his own life. They also say he was either an employee or former employee.
There were no officers involved in the shooting.
There was one known witness who hid in a bathroom during the shooting.
Authorities are sweeping the area now to check for possible explosive devices. They believe that the major threat has been neutralized.
“We do know that there was an active shooter on scene. We do not know names. We have two fatalities that we can confirm at this time. There are several other people – two, possibly three – that have been transported to local hospitals with gunshot wounds,” Roanoke City Police Chief Tim Jones said. “Again, the active shooter, we believe at this point, took his own life after shooting several people. This is a very large facility. It is an active investigation.”