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A gunman opened fired killing 6 people and injured several others before turning the gun on himself.
The shooter was a 37-year-old man and his ex-wife or girlfriend who police believe were involved in a domestic violence situation that spilled into the office of Emcore Corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, CNN reports.
Officers responded to a call at Emcore Coporation, an Albuquerque solar and fiber optics manufacturer, where they found a total of 10 people shot -- four were dead, including a man believed to be the shooter, officials said. Two more have since died of gunshot wounds.
Police say the shooter was a former Emcore employee and the incident was a domestic violence workplace shooting.
The girlfriend or wife of the shooter was a current employee. The shooter is reported to have two children who were taken into custody.
About 85 Emcore employees were taken to a community center for interviews with detectives, officials said.
In general, domestic violence can take a number of forms, including:
Typically, many kinds of abuse go on at the same time in a household.