2 Women, Suspected Shooter Found Dead Outside Iowa Church

Survivors hug their family members and friends at the Cornerstone Baptist church parking lot after a shooting outside the church in Ames, Iowa, on June 2, 2022. Nirmalendu Majumdar/USA Today Network via Reuters

Authorities in Iowa confirmed that two people were found fatally shot on Thursday evening in a church parking lot in Ames.

The suspected shooter was also found dead near the Cornerstone Church, officials told media outlets. Both victims were female and the suspected gunman was male, police said.