Man suspected of killing former workmates

US police were searching for a disgruntled engineer today who allegedly shot dead three people at his former workplace in California.

Jing Wu, 47, was suspected of shooting dead two men and a woman around 4pm yesterday at the office complex that included semiconductor company SiPort Inc. in Santa Clara, just west of San Jose, police said. Wu had been let go by the company.

Two of the victims were identified as Sid Agrawal, SiPort chief executive officer, and Brian Pugh, the company’s vice president of operations. A woman was also killed.

Police stopped cars, scoured the office complex and went to Wu’s home, said Santa Clara Police Lt Mike Sellers, but he had not been found.