Washington: Three people were killed in a shooting in a park in the US state of Iowa, and the suspected gunman is also dead, police said in a statement.
Police were notified of a triple homicide at the Maquoketa Caves State Park campground in Jackson County at around 6:23 a.m. Friday, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
Officers located three deceased bodies and later learned that a camper was not known, it said.
Officers also found the deceased body of Anthony Orlando Sherwin, 23, west of the park.
Sherwin appeared to have suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police said Maquoketa Caves State Park, which is northwest of the town of Maquoketa, is closed for the time being, but there is no danger to the public.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said in a statement that she is “appalled by the shooting this morning at Maquoketa Caves State Park and devastated by the loss of three innocent lives”.
Gun violence has claimed more than 24,000 lives across the United States so far this year, according to the latest data from the Gun Violence Archive.