"It Was Like 'Pow, Pow, Pow!'"

"CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Police are investigating a murder-suicide in southwest Cedar Rapids.

"Police were called to the 6100 block of Dean Road SW at about 4:40 p.m. after a 911 caller reported two shooting victims in a parking lot outside of a multi-family dwelling.

"An adult male and adult female were dead. The names and ages of the shooting victims are not going to be released until Monday morning, police said.

"`Based on preliminary information, investigators believe this is a domestic-related situation involving a murder-suicide and that the public is not at risk,` police said in a news release.

"A neighbor standing near the scene Friday night said he heard shots between 3 and 4 p.m. Friday.

"`I heard it, it sounded like fireworks—it was a consistent 10 or 12 rounds,` said Tristan Hermanson, 24, who has lived in the condominium complex for a year and two months. `It was like 'pow, pow, pow,' at least a dozen rounds went off and then police and ambulances and fire trucks came running up.`"

Source: wcfcourier.com...