More US shootings: 2 killed outside Iowa church, 2 shot at Wisconsin funeral
Local police say man apparently killed himself after shooting dead 2 females in Ames; a day earlier, gunman killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa medical office

A man shot two females to death and then apparently killed himself Thursday night outside a church in Ames, authorities said.
The man killed the two women outside the Cornerstone Church, a megachurch on the outskirts of Ames, Story County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Nicholas Lennie told the Des Moines Register. Investigators didn’t know the ages of those killed, Lennie said.
The shooter appeared to have then shot himself but his death is still being investigated, Lennie said.
The church is near Interstate 35, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) north of Des Moines.
The sheriff’s office didn’t identify those killed or give details about what led to the shooting. A news conference was planned Friday morning.
The sheriff’s office told KCCI-TV that they received multiple calls at 6:51 p.m.
BREAKING: Story County Sheriff’s Office & agencies are at Cornerstone Church in Ames. 911 calls came in just before 7 about an active shooter. We’re told there are 3 victims, including the shooter. There’s no ongoing threat. Details could change as police learn more. @KCCINews pic.twitter.com/Y3AEA35PKj
— Kayla James KCCI (@KaylaJamesKCCI) June 3, 2022
Meanwhile, in neighboring Wisconsin, police said two people were shot at a cemetery south of Milwaukee on Thursday.
Racine police described the shooting as a “critical” incident and urged people to stay away. Police said multiple shots were fired in the direction of a funeral service Thursday afternoon.
Sgt. Kristi Wilcox said a juvenile was treated and released and a second person was flown to a hospital in Milwaukee. It was not immediately known if any suspects were in custody.
Racine police said on social media that numerous shots were fired about 2:30 p.m. at Graceland Cemetery in Racine, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Milwaukee. Ascension All Saints Hospital, which is next to the cemetery, said it is treating an undisclosed number of victims from the shooting.
The shootings come the day after a gunman killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa medical office. It’s the latest in a series of mass shootings in United States including the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and an attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
Ascension All Saints Hospital in Racine was on lockdown “out of an abundance of caution” following the shooting, the hospital said in a statement. It later lifted the lockdown.
Police say a shooting at a cemetery in #Racine, #Wisconsin resulted in multiple victims. https://t.co/lMPlcuv9PT pic.twitter.com/d5gqIUxCP1
— KATV News (@KATVNews) June 3, 2022
Racine Mayor Cory Mason released a statement saying the “heinous shooting at a cemetery while a family was already mourning the loss of a loved one is a new low for these perpetrators of violence in our community. The violence has got to stop!”
Mason said he was instructing the police department to actively enforce the city’s juvenile curfew ordinance through the weekend, meaning anyone under 18 must be home by 11 p.m.
Area residents said they heard 20 to 30 shots, the Racine Journal Times reported.
Three young men who were playing basketball at Lockwood Park, immediately west of the cemetery, said they heard shots and the fence behind them was repeatedly hit.
Tre Brantley, one of the men, started running to his car the moment he heard shots. He and his brother, Kellyn Foster, both got into their car and ducked down, praying they wouldn’t get hurt.
“This has got to stop,” Brantley said of the gun violence.
The shooting occurred at the interment for Da’Shontay L. King Sr., who was fatally shot by Racine police on May 20, King’s sister, Natasha Mullen said.
“We were at the gravesite trying to get prepared to bury him, and bullets started flying everywhere,” she told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
A Racine police officer fatally shot King, 37, during a traffic stop about two weeks ago. Police said they were carrying out a search warrant on a vehicle when King, who they said had a handgun, ran from the car. According to police, King ignored commands to drop the weapon and Officer Zachary B. Brenner shot him.
The Department of Justice is investigating the shooting.
Police are asking people to avoid the area in west Racine around the cemetery.