Eduardo Sencion
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Eduardo Sencion (also known as Eduardo Perez-Gonzalez; July 22, 1979 – September 6, 2011) was a Mexican-born mass shooter who opened fire at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nevada, killing four people (including three members of the National Guard), and wounding seven others before fatally shooting himself.
Biography edit
Early life edit
Sencion was born in Mexico and had a valid U.S. passport. He had no previous criminal history and worked at his family's business located in South Lake Tahoe. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when he was eighteen years old, he had no traces of antipsychotic drugs in his body on the day of the massacre, according to toxicology reports.
In January 2009, he filed for bankruptcy, listing more than $42,000 in outstanding debts for a car, several credit cards, and medical expenses.
The shooting edit
At 8:58 a.m., Sencion arrived at a local strip mall in a blue minivan that was registered in his brother's name. He got out and shot and wounded a woman on a motorcycle with a Norinco MAK-90 semi-automatic rifle that had its stock removed.
At around 9:00 a.m. he walked inside the center's IHOP and made his way to the back where he started shooting. He first targeted a group of uniformed National Guardsmen, all of whom were eating at the same table; five of them were shot, three of them fatally. He then targeted other patrons, killing a 67-year-old woman.
Sencion then left the restaurant and began shooting into three nearby businesses, injuring no one. Police arrived at 9:06 a.m., in response to which Sencion put a Colt Agent pistol to his head and shot and wounded himself, later dying at the hospital.
Motive edit
His motive for the attack is unknown by law-enforcement officials, though there was no indication that it was a terrorist attack, and that he had no known connection to the military, nor motivation for shooting the National Guardsmen.