A US gunman armed with a rifle has shot dead three people and himself in a hail of gunfire at a restaurant during the morning breakfast hour, police have said.
The gunman opened fire at a restaurant in Nevada's capital, Carson City, killing three people including two uniformed National Guard members and himself, and wounding six others.
It was not immediately clear whether the gunman had any connection with the military or the Guard, said Nevada National Guard Sergeant Mike Getten. He said Guard members were meeting at the breakfast restaurant.
Police said the shooting appeared to be an isolated incident.
"We came into this with everything we had. All agencies were committed to it," said Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong. "There were concerns at the onset, so we took certain steps to ensure we had the capability to embrace an even larger circumstance. At this point in time it appears to be isolated to this parking lot."
Witnesses said a man pulled up in a blue minivan around 9am at the International House of Pancakes restaurant in a strip mall on Carson City's main street. He shot a man on a motorcycle, then walked inside the restaurant and started shooting, said Ralph Swagler, owner of Locals Barbecue in the same strip mall as the IHOP.
One of the two Guard members killed was a man; the other was a woman, authorities said.
Swagler told the Reno Gazette-Journal that after several minutes, the man walked outside and began firing into the Locals Barbecue and an H&R Block accountant in the strip mall.
Fran Hunter, who works at a Sierra Le Bone, a pet shop just north of the IHOP, told the newspaper the suspect fired at least two shots toward Casino Fandango across the street.
"I don't know what's happening to my city. This happens in LA or Las Vegas but not here."
