A shooting in Iowa left two people and a suspected gunman dead outside a church in Ames, Iowa Thursday evening, the Story County Sheriff’s Department confirmed. The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. local time when a man opened fire on two female victims in front of Cornerstone Church on US-30, Capt. Nicholas A. Lennie told Fox News Digital. The church was holding an event for college-age kids when the shooting occurred, the station reported. The church said in a statement the victims were "two young members of our Cornerstone Church community."