The gunman who opened fire at a Equinox gym was a popular trainer at the fitness center who had just been fired, Miami-Dade Police Department said Sunday.
MDPD issued a statement identifying the shooter as 33-year-old Abeku Wilson of Miami, who was fired from the gym earlier in the day ``due to work place violence and was escorted off the premises.''
Wilson then returned to the fitness center later armed with a gun.
The shooting happened about 1 p.m. Saturday at the upscale mall the Shops at Merrick Park.
The shooting left 35-year-old general manager Janine Ackerman of Miami dead and 42-year-old fitness manager Marios Hortis of Miami Beach with critical wounds. Police said both victims were deliberately targeted and that the shooting was not random.
