"A Bad Situation Gone Bad"

"COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA — A relationship ended with gunshots in a Council Bluffs home on Saturday.

"Police said 38-year-old Stephony Metzger died from a gunshot wound Saturday morning at the Bluffs Acres mobile home park, north of Lake Manawa. They also found 42-year-old Terry Francis inside, who died of a single gunshot wound.

"Authorities said it appeared that Francis shot Metzger and then turned the gun on himself.

"The two had been in a long-term relationship, according to police, one which a neighbor said the woman had been trying to end.

"`He would not take no for an answer, and it just accumulated to this,` said neighbor Jennifer Iwersen. `It’s just a bad situation gone bad.`

"A family member called police just after 10 a.m. after the shooting. Investigators said a woman and a child were also inside the home during the shooting, but officials said they were not suspects.

"Officials said they were not searching for anyone in the case.

"Family members said they loved the woman who lived at the home. She had three children between the ages of 12 and 18, family members said."

From KETV...