The sheriff of the Nevada town where a gunman shot up an IHOP restaurant with an assault rifle said today that the murderous carnge "was not unlike 9/11."
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong spoke after a third member of the Nevada National Guard died of her injuries from Tuesday's attack, bringing the death toll to five. The dead include gunman Eduardo Sencion, who shot himself.
Furlong today said that his city would always remember the senseless shooting that took five lives, but that the community would heal and move on.
"Yesterday in Carson City was not unlike 9/11. Families communities and the entire nation have been affected by what happened here," Furlong said. "We're a resilient society. We rebuild, but we don't forget."
Furlong said the investigation had determined that Sencion had not singled out the guardsmen, who were sitting together at a table at the rear of the restaurant because civilians were also shot in equal numbers.
Nevertheless, the base commander said that he had issued an order after the shooting for soldiers to not wear their uniforms off base and extra security was added to the base.
Furlong said Sencion, 32, had a history of mental illness. He said Sencion was carrying an AK-47 style assault rifle, but also had a pistol and an additional rifle in his van. Furlong said the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is looking into how he got the weapons.
Eleven people were shot during the rampage, including one outside the restaurant when Sencion sprayed gunfire around the parking lot and at neighboring businesses.
Those killed include National Guard members Major Heath Kelly, 35, Sgt. First Class Christian Reggie, 39, Sgt. First Class Miranda McIlheney, 38, and civilian Florence Donovan Gunderson, 67.
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