10:15 a.m. update: Ralph Swagler, owner of Locals Barbecue in the same strip mall as the IHOP, said he saw a man wearing a red shirt and black shorts pull up outside the IHOP in a blue minivan.
Swagler said the man had a rifle. He shot and killed a man on a motorcycle, then walked inside the IHOP and started shooting.
Swagler said the man spent several minutes there, then walked back outside into the parking lot and began firing into the Locals Barbecue and an H&R Block in the strip mall.
“This happens in third-world countries, not here,” Swagler said.
10:23 a.m. update: Kurt Althof, public relations manager for Care Flight, said helicopters from all three of their bases — Reno, Truckee and Gardnerville, were called to the scene at 9 a.m.
He said that so far, three shooting victims have been transported to Renown Regional Medical Center, at least two of them in critical condition. The victims transported so far are two women and one man.
A fourth victim was transported to Renown by the East Fork Fire Protection District ambulance out of Gardnerville. That victim’s condition is not known.
Under Harry Reid's leadership, do you expect better? That said, prayers up for anyone involved here. Sounds like a pretty dire situation.
Shooter taken to hospital where Sherrif says “he will probably die”...
“wearing a red shirt”
Oh dear... someone was not up on his television tropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedShirt