IHOP Restaurant Carson City Nevada Shooting

A man with a rifle opened fire Tuesday at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City Nevada, killing two National Guard members, another person and himself in a hail of gunfire during the morning breakfast hour, authorities and witnesses said.

[via Yahoo News]

Six people were wounded in the attack. The suspect, who hasn’t been identified, apparently acted alone, officials said. He died at a Reno hospital.

Authorities weren’t saying whether the attack targeted the Guard members, who were meeting at the restaurant in a strip mall on Carson City’s main street. But they believe it was an isolated incident.

Both Guard members killed were in uniform. One was a man; the other a woman, authorities said.

Witnesses said the gunman pulled up in a blue minivan around 9 a.m. and shot a man on a motorcycle, then walked inside the restaurant and started shooting. He then walked back outside and fired shots toward a barbecue restaurant and an H&R Block in the strip mall, and toward a casino across the street.

Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong said officers received a call about the gunfire and responded within minutes. He said the suspect was wounded and lying in the parking lot when they arrived at the scene.

Furlong added the person who was shot on the motorcycle also was alive when officers arrived, and was transported to a hospital.

The state Capitol and Supreme Court buildings were locked down for about 40 minutes, and extra security measures were put in place at state and military buildings in northern Nevada following the shooting.