"3 Guardsmen among dead in Nev. shooting" September 07, 2011|Associated Press
CARSON CITY, Nev. - A gunman wielding an AK-47 opened fire on a table of uniformed National Guard members at an IHOP restaurant yesterday, killing four people, himself, and wounding at least five others, authorities said.
The violence put Nevada’s capital city on high alert.
The shooter’s motive was unclear, but family members said he had mental issues. He had never been in the military and had no known affiliation with anyone inside the restaurant....
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"Nev. gunman’s motives remain unclear" September 08, 2011|Associated Press
CARSON CITY, Nev. - One was an Iraq War veteran who loved military history. Another was an Afghanistan war vet and fitness buff. Still another would bring in cupcakes for colleagues when they got promotions.
All of them were National Guard members, and they were sitting at a table at a Nevada IHOP when a gunman burst in and began shooting on Tuesday morning. All three died in the attack, a death toll that matched the total number of Nevada guardsmen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan over a decade. A patron was also killed.
“This is unquestionably the most devastating attack in Carson City’s history,’’ Sheriff Kenny Furlong said yesterday.
Exactly what set off gunman Eduardo Sencion, 32 - and whether the grocery store employee had some kind of grudge against the military - remained unclear. He killed himself after the shooting.
Family members told police that Sencion was mentally troubled but that he did not have a criminal history.
South Lake Tahoe police said that the department took Sencion into protective health custody during a mental health commitment in April 2000 and that he fought with officers. He was not charged....
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