Penske spokesman: Gunman in Ga. business shooting was ex-worker; 4 employees, 1 customer shot

Spokesman: Ga. shooting suspect was ex-worker

KENNESAW, Ga. — A spokesman for a truck rental company says a gunman accused of shooting three people to death is a former employee.

Police say five people were shot Tuesday the Penske Truck Rental facility in suburban Atlanta. Penske spokesman Randy Ryerson says four of the victims were employees and the other was a customer.

Cobb County police spokesman Joe Hernandez says the lone gunman is in custody. He says the suspect fled the scene in a pickup truck and was arrested about a mile away. Hernandez says the gunman was wearing camouflage.

The shooting happened in Kennesaw, about 25 miles northwest of Atlanta.

Associated Press writer Greg Bluestein in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Police are saying three people have been killed and two others are injured in a shooting at a truck rental office in suburban Atlanta.

Cobb County police spokesman Joe Hernandez says the lone gunman is in custody. He says the suspect fled the scene Tuesday in a pickup truck and was arrested about a mile from the Penske Truck Rental facility in suburban Kennesaw. That’s about 25 miles northwest of Atlanta.

Hernandez says the gunman was wearing camouflage.