LINN COUNTY — Authorities say the man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a shooting on Friday has taken his own life.
The shooting happened at around 7:30 Friday night at the Vernon Heights Mobile Home Court, 7100 Mount Vernon Road, Unit 24, just outside of Cedar Rapids.
The Linn County Sheriff's Office says Tawny Jo Tomberlin, 43, was killed in the shooting. Duane Roy Tomberlin Jr., 48, and James Edward Campbell, 27, were taken to area hospitals suffering from non-life threatening injuries.
Authorities began searching for the suspect, Christopher Allen Vogt, 42, after witnesses reported seeing Vogt leave the scene of the shooting in a pickup truck.
Around 11:30 Friday night, authorities located the suspect's truck in a farm field off of East Bertram Road, near Mount Vernon. Investigators found Vogt dead inside the truck with what they say appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Neighbors at the mobile home court said Tomberlin had recently left Marengo and moved into the mobile home with her brother to escape an unhealthy relationship with an estranged boyfriend.
The Linn County Sheriff's Department is continuing its investigation into the shooting.
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