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Iowa shooter kills six family members before dying by self‑inflicted gunshot

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A mass shooting in Iowa on Monday killed six people and was followed by the gunman's suicide. Authorities are treating the incident as a "family annihilation" because the perpetrator and victims were closely related.

  1. US
    Anthony Kies
    Muscatine Police Department
    1. This act of evil and what it has done to our community.
    2. Today I simply do not have the words.
    3. Officers and EMS personnel rendered aid. However, he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
    4. While talking to Ryan Willis McFarland, he took his own life.
  2. US
    Muscatine Police Department
    1. The Muscatine Police Department is receiving assistance from the Muscatine Fire Department, the Muscatine County Sheriff's Office, the Iowa State Patrol, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
    2. As the investigation progressed, detectives developed information indicating there may be additional victims. Officers subsequently located an adult male deceased from an apparent gunshot wound inside a residence at 1509 Mill Street. A further search led officers to a business at 808 Grandview Avenue, where another adult male was found deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.
    3. The suspect, identified as Ryan Willis McFarland, 52, of Muscatine, had left the residence prior to officers' arrival. Law enforcement located McFarland a short time later on the Riverfront Trail near the pedestrian bridge. He was found with a self‑inflicted gunshot wound. Officers and EMS personnel provided medical aid, but he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
    4. All victims are believed to be family members of the deceased suspect.
    5. Preliminary findings indicate the shootings stemmed from a domestic-related dispute.

sources

  1. 1.The Straits Times
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.Hindustan Times
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.ABC News
  6. 6.Associated Press
  7. 7.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Crimes
  2. 2.Mass Shootings

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Emergency Medical Services
  2. 2.Muscatine Police Department
  3. 3.Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation
  4. 4.Iowa State Patrol
  5. 5.Muscatine County Sheriff's Office
  6. 6.Muscatine Fire Department

persons

  1. 1.Ryan Willis McFarland
  2. 2.Anthony KiesUS
  3. 3.David Canepa

technicals

  1. 1.Mississippi River
  2. 2.Riverfront Trail