3:30 p.m. update: A gunman opened fire at a Carson City IHOP on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring eight more before killing himself, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said. The shooter, Eduardo Sencion, 32, of Carson City came down from South Lake Tahoe, where he works at his family’s business, spent the night in Carson City. His family reported nothing “unusual” about him Monday night but indicated Sencion might have “mental health issues,” Furlong said.
Authorities were first notified of a shooter in the 3300 block of South Carson Street at 8:58 a.m. The first officers were on the scene by 9:03 a.m. and found Sencion on the ground with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Furlong said. Sencion died later at a hospital.
Two of the deceased and three more of the wounded were uniformed Army National Guardsmen assigned to the base in Carson City. The rest of the victims were civilians, Furlong said.
The reason for the shooting was unknown, Furlong said. Sencion, an American citizen, was not in the military and did not know anyone inside the IHOP, Furlong said. A yellow-ribbon bumper sticker on Sencion's van urged support for troops.
“We are actively pursuing an investigation on the motive,” he said.
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