Mon, 25 July 2022 at 7:02 am
A six-year-old girl and her parents have been shot dead while camping in Iowa, police have said.
The US state's public safety department said the bodies of Sarah and Tyler Schmidt, both 42, and their daughter Lula were found in their tent in the Maquoketa Caves State Park.
A relative said the couple's nine-year-old son, who was also on the trip, survived.
Authorities said the motive for the attack is unclear.
Suspected gunman Anthony Sherwin, 23, who was also staying at the campsite, was found dead in a wooded area of the park with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety's division of criminal investigation said: "We don't know what led up to this, what precipitated it.
"The investigation has not revealed any early interaction between the Schmidt family and him".
Adam Morehouse, Sarah Schmidt's brother, said the family had no connection to Sherwin.
"This was a completely random act," Mr Morehouse said
Another senseless killing
A six-year-old girl and her parents have been shot dead while camping in Iowa, police have said.
The US state's public safety department said the bodies of Sarah and Tyler Schmidt, both 42, and their daughter Lula were found in their tent in the Maquoketa Caves State Park.
A relative said the couple's nine-year-old son, who was also on the trip, survived.
Authorities said the motive for the attack is unclear.
Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety's division of criminal investigation said: "We don't know what led up to this, what precipitated it.
"The investigation has not revealed any early interaction between the Schmidt family and him".
Adam Morehouse, Sarah Schmidt's brother, said the family had no connection to Sherwin.
"This was a completely random act," Mr Morehouse said
Another senseless killing
