IHOP shooting: Nevada gunman kills three in pancake diner

The police and FBI descended on the restaurant on Carson City's main road

A gunman has killed three people after opening fire at a pancake restaurant in the Nevada state capital Carson City, say officials.

Several others were wounded in the attack at the International House of Pancakes chain at 09:00 (16:00 GMT).
Two of the three people killed were National Guardsmen in uniform, the AP news agency reports.
Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong said the gunman shot himself and died later at a hospital in Reno.
'Petrified' The attacker's motive was not immediately clear.

Special Agent Patrick Turner, spokesman for the FBI Nevada office in Las Vegas, said earlier that seven people had been wounded. It is believed only one gunman was involved.
Nevada National Guard Sgt Mike Getten said it was not immediately clear if the man had any connection with the military or the National Guard, but confirmed that National Guard members were meeting at the restaurant.
The police and FBI descended on the restaurant along South Carson Street, also known as US 395, the city's main route.
Witnesses said a man with a rifle pulled up outside the IHOP, shot at a man on a motorcycle and then walked inside the restaurant, reports AP.
The owner of a nearby diner told the Reno-Journal Gazette that the man had left after several minutes and continued firing in the nearby shopping centre.
Gigi Lee Tzow, an insurance agent, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper that she heard the shooting and saw a young man who may have been an IHOP employee run for cover.
"It sounded like a machine-gun," she said. "It was going off for a long time.
"Then there was a second round of firing, and then stopped.
"A kid ran up and hid behind the pillar in front of my store. He seemed petrified. I called 911 and locked my door."