2 killed, 2 critically injured in Cedar Rapids shooting
May 18th, 2019 by Ric Hanson
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa say two people have been killed and two more injured in an overnight shooting. Television station KCCI reports that Cedar Rapids police were called around 1:20 a.m. Saturday to the Iowa Smoke Shop on the southwest side of the city.
Arriving officers found three people with life-threatening injuries in the shop’s parking lot. Two of them were later pronounced dead. A fourth victim arrived at a local hospital in a separate vehicle with life-threatening injuries.
Police have not released the names of the victims. Investigators believe the victims were in a vehicle in the parking lot at the store when someone approached them firing a gun.