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(Updated: 2:59 p.m. EST)

Jason Rodriguez, the 40-year-old former employee of a Florida transportation consulting firm accused of a shooting spree at the company that left at least one dead and five injured, has been taken into custody.

A swat team reportedly took him into custody at the home of his mother, Rita Hicks, about eight miles away.

The shooting occurred around noon in a 16-story office building in downtown Orlando called the Gateway Center.

Police say the shooting occurred in the offices of Reynolds, Smith & Hill, a transportation consulting firm, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Rodriguez is a former transportation engineer at the firm who was laid off about a year and a half ago as a result of cutbacks.

Company manager Renato Gonzalez told the Sentinel that Rodriguez made disparaging comments after getting pink-slipped.

"He took it a little worse than most people," Gonzalez said.

Rodriguez had his share of financial problems, according to the St. Petersburg Times. He filed for bankruptcy in late May, and owed a total of more than $60,000 in child support, student loans and credit union bills.

The Times also reported that Rodriguez's mother called police as soon as she saw his face on the news, just before he arrived.

At least an hour after the shooting, office workers were still barricaded inside, watching the TV news for more information.

"We've got everybody in one office, with the door barricaded with a chest of drawers," one woman inside the building told the Orlando Sentinel at the time. "There are about 20 of us in here. We're scared."