Carson City seeks solace after IHOP shooting

Carson City seeks solace after IHOP shooting
By Sandra Chereb - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Sep 10, 2011 13:08:42 EDT

SANDRA CHEREB / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pat Fike adds a bouquet to a memorial outside the IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev., for victims of a shooting that left five people dead, including the gunman, and seven injured.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — From outward appearances, Carson City is returning to normalcy after eight minutes of terror at a family restaurant that left five people dead and seven wounded.

But the emotional wounds are raw and will take much longer, if ever, to completely heal.

There is sadness, anger, grief and the unanswered question of why Eduardo Sencion — described as a quiet, friendly man who worked at his family’s market — stormed an IHOP restaurant with an assault rifle Tuesday, gunning down 11 people before taking his own life in the parking lot.

Four people in the restaurant were killed, including three uniformed members of the Nevada National Guard and a woman from South Lake Tahoe who was having breakfast with her husband.
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