The authorities in Iowa have not yet established the motive for the shooting outside Ames’ Cornerstone Church last night that left three dead, including the shooter, who committed suicide.
“We are deeply afflicted,” Mark Vance, of the church’s Salt Company youth ministry, was quoted as saying by The Des Moines Register. “Tonight, a tragic shooting involving two members of the Cornerstone Church community was reported. An adult male is believed to have shot both victims and taken his own life,” Vance added.
The suspect apparently died of a self-inflicted wound, according to Capt. Nicholas Lennie of Story County Sheriff’s Office.
At the moment, neither the victims, both women, nor the perpetrator have been identified.
The events occurred shortly before 7 pm The system 911 received multiple calls of an attack on the scene at about 6: 51 pm when a Salt Company event was taking place.
The shooting occurred in the parking space of the church when several parishioners were inside the temple.
This event occurred just hours that the Police reported that at least two people were shot in a cemetery south of Milwaukee, in Wisconsin. The NBC report indicates that the victims were shot while participating in a burial at Graceland Cemetery.
On Wednesday, a gunman killed a surgeon and three other people at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which extends the chain of events of this type, after the massacre reported on Tuesday of last week at Robb Elementary School. In this incident, the attacker shot dead 19 children and two teachers.
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