Gunman in Illinois factory shooting killed victims after being fired -police

A gunman who killed five fellow workers at an Illinois factory on Friday had just been terminated, and the plant manager and a human resources official were among his victims, authorities said on Saturday.

Gary Martin, 45, armed himself with a pistol before reporting for a meeting where he was told he was fired, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman told a news conference. She said most of his victims were in the same room, and that multiple spent rounds were found at the scene.

(Reporting by Robert Chiarito in Aurora and Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles Editing by James Dalgleish)