Lawyer shot and two others injured after gunman opens fire in Phoenix law firm

At least three people have been shot and two injured after a gunman opened fire in an office complex in Phoenix today.

One of the shooting victims is said to be in extremely critical condition.

Police, SWAT, fire and emergency crews are on the scene north of Glendale Avenue and searching for the shooter - who is still at large.

Witnesses reported hearing multiple shots around 10.30am and said there was a lot of blood in the lobby area.

Police, SWAT, fire and emergency crews are on the scene north of Glendale Avenue and searching for the shooter - who is still at large

One of the victims of today's shooting is carried out on a stretcher from the office complex

Around 10:30am, officials reported that three people had suffered gunshot wounds in a building on the 7300 block of 16th Street, near Glendale Avenue

Members of a SWAT team leave an office building where a gunman fired shots inside during business hours in Phoenix, Arizona, today

Phoenix police Sgt Tommy Thompson said a suspect went into the office building and shot several people.The suspect then fled the building.

A number of other people have been taken to nearby hospitals for stress-related injuries.

Police do not think it was a random act but that the shooter went to the office with the gun, got into an altercation with someone and started shooting.

Colin Campbell, a Phoenix lawyer, said his law firm partner was one of those shot.

The victim, in his 30s, was shot in his neck and lower back, according to Campbell.

The partner went through surgery for his wounds and 'is going to be OK', Campbell said. He wouldn't identify his friend or the law firm until he had time to talk with the victim's family.

First responders wheel a person on a stretcher from the scene of a shooting in Phoenix

Sgt Steve Martos, center, start to move reporters back as they prepare to enter the home of a suspected gunman earlier today

A gunman opened fire at the Phoenix office building, wounding three people, one of them critically, authorities said. Police were searching for the shooter

The complex houses about ten to 15 businesses including insurance, health care and law offices. SWAT team officers worked on securing the building while terrified workers locked their doors and his from windows.

'Everyone was just scared, honestly, just scared,' Navika Sood, assistant director of nursing at First at Home Health Services told the Arizona Republic.

Police are searching for a white male in his 60s.

A police SWAT unit arrived at a home in a residential neighborhood about five miles away that authorities said was linked to the suspect.

According to property records, a man named Harmon Arthur Douglas owns that home.

Authorities were combing the area for the suspected gunman who fled the building right after the shooting

People embrace outside an office building where a gunman fired shots in the lobby after an altercation with an employee

Officer James Holmes said the victims were taken to hospitals and one was in extremely critical condition while the others were minor injuries

The suspect is still at large and a SWAT team scoured the area to ensure he was not still at the scene of the shooting

The face of the issue: Former Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot at point-blank range in 2011, spoke slowly but determinedly at the Senate Committee on gun violence today in D.C.

A police SWAT unit arrived at a home in a residential neighborhood about five miles away that authorities said was linked to the suspect

Officers were talking to someone at the house who was not the suspect, Phoenix Police Sgt. Steve Martos said.

The shooting took place soon after former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to deliver a statement on the need for more gun control.

The former Congresswoman read slowly from a sheet of paper, leaning on words for emphasis, as she said that too many children are dying and that the time to act against gun violence is now.

The Arizona Democrat, who survived being shot at point-blank range in 2011, made her short remarks to the packed room on Capitol Hill as her husband, retired astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, urged her on with reassuring nods.

Captain Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, took a moment during a long and contentious gun violence hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to break news of yet another shooting in his home state of Arizona.