Police say it started around 11:11 a.m. on Wednesday when a resident shot three people at the complex.
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The two victims who were wounded were transported to Cheynne Regional Medical Center for treatment. Rosenberg, armed with a.22 caliber handgun and a rifle, shot one person inside the Heritage Court Apartments in Cheyenne, and two people outside, as he attempted to flee and evade the police. When she returned to the apartment complex, it was already a crime scene.
Rosenberg’s first victim was shot inside the apartment facility and two others were shot outside the apartment complex. A motive for the shooting rampage has not been reported.
Dan Long, a spokesman for the Cheyenne Police Department said one of the people Rosenberg had shot was dead.
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Heritage Court Apartments has 32 affordable housing units for households with at least one member age 62 or older, according to its website.
Rosso’s mother, 80-year-old Mary Eastman, said she and Rosenberg went to yard sales together. He added that when police officers approached Rosenberg about a mile away from the senior apartment complex, the elderly man committed suicide by shooting himself.
Detectives on Thursday were conducting additional interviews with apartment complex residents, Long said.
Another shooting victim, 74-year-old Larry Warwick, was shot inside the building. A 77-year-old man living at the senior citizen apartment complex shot three people at the c.
The care home was cordoned off by police as they combed the scene. Three police officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave.
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Multiple shootings are a rarity in Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming with a resident population of just over 60,000 people. City police handled six homicide cases a year ago, the department’s annual report said.
