SWAT Team Arrives In Time To Pick Up Bodies

"MALAGA, CA - Two men are reported dead, after shots were fired Tuesday morning inside a Malaga business.

"According to Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims, a gunman opened fire inside the Fresno Equipment Company off of Chestnut and Highway 99 in Malaga around 9 a.m.

"Mims says she believes the gunman, a 10-year employee of the business, identified as Jim Badashian, had an intended target.

"`He approached the victim, and shot him with a shotgun, then fired several more rounds into equipment before turning the weapon on himself,` said Mims.

"Mim says at this point she doesn't know why the deceased employee was targeted or what the relationship was between the two.

"Around 10 employees were inside the business at the time of the shooting. Some of the employees were able to escape the gunfire by hiding in a vault inside the building, others were seen running from the building, climbing fences.

"Sheriff's Deputies, along with the SWAT team and crisis negotiators were all called to the scene, and quickly took action. `Deputy sheriff's realized they had an active shooter, so they went into the building to confront the shooter and save lives,` said Mims."

From KMPH.com...