Three Dead, One Hurt in Shootings at Northern Indiana Apartments

(ELKHART) — Police say two men and a woman have been killed and a second woman has been wounded in shootings at a northern Indiana apartment complex.

Elkhart police say one of the dead men is the suspected shooter. The names of those who were shot haven’t been released.

The shootings occurred about 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Stratford Commons apartment complex in Elkhart, about 15 miles east of South Bend.

WSBT-TV reports police responding to a call of a shooting found he wounded woman, who was rushed to a hospital. A subsequent search of other apartments turned up the three people who were killed.

Elkhart Mayor Tim Neese released a statement calling the shootings “a tragedy that should have been avoided.”