West Virginia spa salon shooting leaves two dead; suspect was shot dead by police

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A shooting at a nail salon has rocked the town of Summersville, West Virginia.when a man fatally shot two people before being shot dead by authorities, police said.

Summersville officers responded to an active shooter situation Thursday night at Jo’s Nails & Spa, police said in a Facebook post Friday.

In response to the shooting, two Summersville officers shot the gunman, who was taken to Summersville Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after from his injuriesthe police said.

According to local media, Summersville police identified the suspect in the mass shooting as Patrick Wayner Cater, 52, and the two victims as Khuyen Van Le, 45, and Phi Anh Le, 40who were co-workers and were married.

Summersville Police Chief John Nowak told the media that Cater had worked there before and arrived at the location with a semi-automatic pistol.

Residents reacted with dismay to the fatal shooting, stating that they have been two sad days.

“I am really scared. We have amazing officers here in Nicholas County, I appreciate each one of them and what they do, but they can’t be everywhere. We need people to wake up,” said resident Dreama Pritt in statements collected by WDTV.

Meanwhile, Johane Villaseñor, who was working next to the room when the shots rang out, said she can still hear the sound of guns.

“You wouldn’t think this would happen in Summersville West Virginia. It was scary to hear the shots. I can still vividly remember it.”he underlined.

West Virginia State Police are investigating the fatal incident.

With information from WDTV / The Associated Press

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