Postal employee shot 2 coworkers at an Iowa post office before being captured, police say

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A pistillate postal idiosyncratic changeable 2 chap employees astatine the main station bureau successful Iowa’s superior metropolis Thursday earlier being captured nearby, authorities said.

A 3rd worker was injured successful a autumn portion trying to escape. None of the injuries were believed to beryllium life-threatening, constabulary said.

“They’re each astatine the hospital. They are being cared for close now,” Des Moines constabulary Sgt. Paul Parizek said of the victims, 2 women and a man. All were successful unchangeable condition.

The shooting happened connected the facility’s 2nd floor, successful an country not accessible to the public. Witnesses reported proceeding 10 to 12 shots, helium said.

Parizek said officers responded wrong 3 minutes and rapidly captured the suspect, who was detained on a adjacent motorcycle way without resistance. Police began receiving calls astir the shooting astir 9:10 a.m., and the fishy was detained astatine 9:21 a.m., helium said. Authorities didn’t instantly place the alleged shooter.

The station bureau is conscionable northbound of downtown Des Moines and crossed the thoroughfare from 1 of the city’s main hospitals.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said successful an email that it was investigating the shooting on with local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement.

Gov. Kim Reynolds said she was successful interaction with the Department of Public Safety regarding the shooting.

“We are monitoring the concern and our prayers are with everyone involved," she posted online. "Grateful for the contiguous effect by instrumentality enforcement.”

Des Moines Public Schools said the district’s adjacent simple school, invited halfway and nutrition halfway temporarily barred anyone from entering oregon leaving the facilities owed to the shooting. Those restrictions were lifted aft constabulary told them the fishy was successful custody.

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Associated Press writers R.J. Rico successful Atlanta and Jamie Stengle successful Dallas contributed to this report.