Store owner is dead after shooting his worker before turning the gun on himself during argument

Gus Kiriazis

A mall was shut down after a store owner shot his employee before turning the gun on himself during an argument.

Police in Florida, were called by many people on reports of shots being fired in the Coral Square Mall, which is located on Atlantic Boulevard.

When police arrived, they found that the owner of a jewelry and watch repair shop shot his employee before turning the gun on himself.

Fast-Fix shop owner Gus Kiriazis, 59, shot his employee Sabas Antonio Ferrer, 52, at about 10:00 a.m. Kiriazis died at the scene.

Ferrer survived and he was transported to the North Broward Health medical center with unknown injuries, according to Coral Springs police spokesman Ernesto Bruna.