3 killed, 3 injured in Rockford shooting

SANAA, Dec. 27 (YPA) – At least three people were killed and three others wounded when a gunman opened fire inside a bowling alley at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, Police said.

Police Chief Dan O’Shea said shots were fired inside and outside of the bowling alley and off-track betting site. Police responded after receiving emergency calls shortly before 7 p.m.

“We have the scene secure and a person of interest in custody,” O’Shea said. “When officers arrived on scene, the shooter was still in the building. No officers fired their weapons that we know of at this point but the individual that we believe is responsible and the only individual we believe at this point to be involved, we have in custody.”

O’Shea said the attack appears to have been random, although he said “at this point it’s all unknown.”

Rockford is located 130 kilometers northwest of Chicago.

E.M