A disgruntled Amish—Mennonite, perhaps—personal trainer shot the managers who fired him and then turned the gun on himself.
Two dead, one wounded after gunman opens fire at Shops at Merrick Park
Trainer who opened fire at Coral Gables gym was popular with clients
By David J. Neal, Charles Rabin, Mimi Whitefield and Patricia Mazzei pmazzei@miamiherald.com
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A popular personal trainer who apparently had been fired from his job earlier in the day fatally shot one of his former co-workers and critically wounded another at the Equinox fitness center in Coral Gables on Saturday afternoon before killing himself.
The 12:55 p.m. shooting shut down the upscale Shops at Merrick Park mall and scattered scores of scared shoppers and Equinox members onto the surrounding streets, many of them clad in exercise clothes and holding nothing but their workout towels.
Witnesses identified the shooter as Abeku Wilson, a 33-year-old bodybuilder who had worked at Equinox for years but, according to two employees, had been let go shortly before he returned to the gym with a handgun, took aim and opened fire.
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