MANCHESTER, Conn., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Three people, including the gunman, were shot and killed and three others wounded Tuesday at a beer distributor in Manchester, Conn., police said.
Police said the suspect, Omar Thomas, turned the gun on himself when approached by police, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported.
Officials said the suspect walked into a building and opened fire, WTNH-TV, Hartford, reported.
Reports were conflicting about whether the man was a current or former employee, Fox News Connecticut said.
Police said the suspected gunman, believed to have brought a rifle to the site, was down but it was unclear whether he killed himself, the television station said.
Police were alerted to the situation when someone called and said "somebody's been shot, there's a victim down," a Manchester police lieutenant said during a briefing.
The lieutenant, a day shift commander, said it took police between 1 1/2 and 2 hours to secure the scene.
About 35 or 40 people were in the office and warehouse when the shooting erupted, the distributor's director of marketing, Brett Hollander, whose family founded and owns the company, told The Hartford Courant.
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