The 2011 Carson City shooting happened on September 6, 2011 when a gunman, identified as Eduardo Sencion, opened fire in a branch of the International House of Pancakes restaurant in Carson City

Carson City, Nevada

The Consolidated Municipality of Carson City is the capital of the state of Nevada. The words Consolidated Municipality refer to a series of changes in 1969 which abolished Ormsby County and merged all the settlements contained within its borders into Carson City. Since that time Carson City has...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The shooting started when the gunman arrived in a minivan, got out and shot a man on a motorcycle. Then he walked inside the restaurant at 09:00 PT and started shooting. The gunman then turned the gun on himself. Four people were killed and the gunman tried to commit suicide at the scene by a shot to his head. The gunman later died at a local hospital. Seven people were wounded. Three of the people killed along with two of the injured were members of the National Guard.

Fatalities

• Nevada National Guard Major Heath Kelly. 35
• Nevada National Guard Sgt 1st Class Miranda McElhiney, 31
• Nevada National Guard Sgt 1st Class Christian Riege, 38
• Florence Donovan-Gunderson, 67