Police release surveillance video of deadly workplace shooting

The Aurora Police Department released a little over eight minutes of surveillance video showing a portion of the mass shooting at Henry Pratt Company in February, which killed five people and injured several police officers.

Police posted the video, which combines four different shots from four different security cameras, on their Facebook page.

"We agree that you have the right to see for yourself what transpired at the Henry Pratt facility that day where, sadly, five members of our community lost their lives, and five of our police officers were shot while simply doing their jobs," the post said in part.

Police said there is "no significant surveillance video available from inside the facility" except for a camera that captures the front foyer area. That video is included in the released. The security cameras do not record sound.

In the video, shooter can be seen in the foyer area of the factory preparing to ambush responding officers. Cameras from outside the facility show the officers' initial approach and how they eventually used a police vehicle to ram in the front door of the Henry Pratt facility.

The shooter was identified as 45-year-old Gary Martin. Police said he was armed with a pistol and eight pistol magazines. Police confirmed he fired 64 rounds during the mass shooting. Martin also died in the shooting. An autopsy showed he was shot six times, including one shot that was likely self-inflicted, but the autopsy was unable to determine whether his death was suicide or not.

Martin can be seen in the newly-released video firing at the officers through the front door before retreating back into the factory.

The five victims were identified as Trevor Wehner of Dekalb, Vicente Juarez of Oswego, Clayton Parks of Elgin, Josh Pinkard of Oswego and Russell Beyer of Yorkville. All five worked at Henry Pratt at the time of their deaths. Wehner was a college student at Northern Illinois University. The four others were all fathers.

Aurora police released 911 calls from the shooting at the end of February.

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