Santa Clara (CA) - After being fired from SiPort, a wireless chip company based in Santa Clara, a tech employee was apparently driven over the edge and killed three people. Among the victims were chief executive Sid Agrawal, vice president of operations Brian Pugh, and human resources manager Marilyn Lewis.

According to a report published by the San Jose Mercury News, the alleged shooter, Jing Hua Wu of Mountain View, fled the scene driving a silver SUV but was later apprehended by the Santa Clara police.

Wu, 47, was an engineer who was laid off either Thursday or Friday morning. He opened fire at his former place of employment shortly after 4 pm on Friday. Company representatives said that he was let go because of performance reasons and not as part of a general layoff.

Workplace shootings take place all over the country, but this is the first time in a while something like this has occurred in Silicon Valley.

A Shame...

Nov 17, 2008 14:44     

Really a shame to hear things like this happening.
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@Jack

Nov 17, 2008 16:45     

World needs more people like this, fed up with taking cr@p and refusing to swallow.
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Amen

Nov 17, 2008 16:52     

It is very sad when people are so tied to their work that when that part of their life is lost they do something to lose the rest of it. I pray for Jing Wu and all of those affected by this economy. May we not find ourselves in our work, but rather take ourselves to our work for each us is a real person, and each of us is unique and special. Our jobs do not define us, nor should we be so invested in them that their sudden removal shakes us enough to harm others. I stand with all those willing to pray for this man and the many other billions of us in need. I pray we will stand together in love, hope, peace and joy.

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RE:Amen

Nov 17, 2008 23:32     

This is a sad when innocent people are killed. But Jing Wu wasn't fired because of the economic times, it was because of his performance.
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re;re;Amen

Nov 18, 2008 08:19     

There are other routes he could have taken besides killing those people. There are courts where he could sue the company if he thought he was unfairly fired. I do not consider taking lives to be an option. I will pray that others will not see this as an option if they lose their job for any reason.
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performance.

Nov 18, 2008 16:20     

He is probably the one doing all the over time and real work while the execs B.S. in meetings and make big pay checks. When it's time to cut cost, the one that does the real work got the cut while the execs that B.S. all the time in meeting got to get a bonus after the cost cut and lay offs. (Just like all the financial services, the execs make the decision to trade in risky trades while the worker end up lossing job when companies lose billions). I think the execs should all get shoot at.

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Keep hardware and software seperated.

Nov 19, 2008 09:54     

Hardware engineers are addicted to hardware. Guns, speciality knives, bombs, cars, hardware guys eat this stuff up.
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