Sarah Schmidt worked at the Cedar Falls Public Library, which was closed Saturday after news of her death.
Authorities would not immediately confirm the information in the mayor's post or make any comment about the boy.
“We don’t know what led up to this, what precipitated it,” he said, adding that so far, “the investigation has not revealed any early interaction between the Schmidt family and him.”Ĭedar Falls Mayor Rob Green, who said he is a neighbour of the Schmidts, posted on Facebook on Friday that the couple's 9-year-old son, Arlo, “survived the attack, and is safe.” The post did not say whether Arlo was in the tent or at the campsite when the shootings happened, and Green told the AP he did not have those details. Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety’s division of criminal investigation, told The Associated Press on Saturday that the motive for the attack was still unknown. Their bodies were found in their tent early Friday at the campground, about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Des Moines.Īuthorities said the suspected gunman, 23-year-old Anthony Sherwin, was found dead in a wooded area of the park with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Iowa Department of Public Safety identified the victims as Tyler Schmidt, 42 his 42-year-old wife, Sarah Schmidt and their 6-year-old daughter, Lulu Schmidt. It was not immediately clear Saturday if the boy was with his family at the time of the attack at the Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground. The couple leaves behind a 9-year-old son, according to the Cedar Falls mayor. (Dave Kettering/Telegraph Herald via AP)Ī Cedar Falls couple and their 6-year-old daughter were fatally shot while camping at an Iowa state park in an apparently random attack by a man from Nebraska, who later turned the gun on himself. Police responded to reports of the shooting at the park's campground before 6:30 a.m., Mike Krapfl, special agent in charge of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, said in a statement. Kettering may also be known as or be related to City of Kettering, Kettering and Kettering Recreation Complex.Authorities enter a mobile command center at the entrance to Maquoketa Caves State Park, Friday, July 22, 2022, in Maquoketa, Iowa. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Kettering and its employees or that of Zippia. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Kettering. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies.
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