Muscatine, Iowa (RI) — Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating a mass shooting in Muscatine on Monday that left seven people dead, including two children.
Police say there were six victims, and the gunman took his own life when confronted by police.
Muscatine Police Chief Anthony Kies says 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland shot and killed four family members at a home on Park Avenue and two others in separate locations.
Officers later found a fifth victim at a home on Mill Street and a sixth at a business on Grandview Avenue. Kies says investigators are working to determine a motive.
The Muscatine Community School District says two of the victims were students and two were district employees. Counselors will be available at the district’s high school, junior high, and elementary schools to support students and staff.
Anyone with information related to the shootings is urged to contact Muscatine police.
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