City officials said the shooter reported at an industrial park in Aurora, Illinois has been apprehended.
The city of Aurora
tweeted on Friday afternoon, "THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN APPREHENDED! The area is still on lock down!"
The city sent a tweet earlier saying police are on the scene.
Live TV reports show dozens of first responder vehicles outside a building housing the Henry Pratt Co.
An Aurora police spokesman told The Washington Post the suspect has not been apprehended and "multiple people ... multiple officers" were injured.
An employee at the Illinois company where a shooting has been reported said the gunman is a co-worker.
John Probst told ABC7 that he ran out of the back door of the Henry Pratt Co. building in Aurora as the shooting unfolded Friday afternoon.
Probst says he recognized the gunman and that he works at the company. He said the gunman has "a pistol with a laser."
Probst says he wasn't hurt but that another colleague was "bleeding pretty bad."
Aurora is 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Chicago.
CNBC's Anjali Robins contributed to this report.
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