A senior living home was rocked on Wednesday after an elderly shooter killed one person and injured two others before taking his own life. Police identified the gunmen as 77-year-old, Larry Rosenberg, who killed himself.
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Laramie County School District 1 locked down two elementary schools in the area at the request of police shortly after the shootings. “It was pretty apparent that he had a beef with those two people”. He left the scene with a handgun and rifle, and shot himself as police officers approached him near an intersection in the city, the Associated Press reports. Police did not say if any of the victims lived at the complex.
It was not immediately clear if, or how many victims were wounded in the incident.
“He started getting more and more distant, complaining about the facility and about people and just kind of pulling away, isolating himself more and more”, Rosso said.
One victim was shot inside the Heritage Court Apartments in Cheyenne, and two were shot outside, said Dan Long, spokesman for the Cheyenne Police Department.
Attempts to reach Rosenberg’s family weren’t successful.
Police have no released any names so far, but say the suspect was found at Hot Springs and Chestnut with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
What appeared to be a covered body remained at the scene after the shootings.
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Long identified the deceased gunman as Larry Rosenberg, 77, a resident of the apartment complex. The lockdown was lifted at 12:30 p.m. _ This article has been corrected to reflect that the shootings occurred at a senior citizen apartment complex.
