Three people are dead, including a suspected gunman, in a shooting outside an Iowa church, officials say.
Three people are dead, including a suspected gunman, in a shooting outside an Iowa church Thursday evening, officials said.
The shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. outside Cornerstone Church in Ames, and deputies found two females and a male dead, Story County sheriff’s Capt. Nicholas Lennie said. The male has been identified as the shooter, and there is no threat to the community, Lennie said. The deceased were not immediately identified.There was an event at the church involving college-age students, Sheriff Paul H. Fitzgerald said, but there was no shooting activity inside.A motive was not known, and the investigation was in its early stages, Lennie said.
Whether the shooter killed himself was also under investigation. The three people were dead when law enforcement arrived, Lennie said.Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
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