Three Injured in Shooting at Des Moines Post Office

Three people were injured Thursday morning in a shooting at the main U.S. Postal Service facility in Des Moines, Iowa, and a suspect was taken into custody, police said. The two people shot and a third person injured while trying to escape were hospitalized with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, police Sgt. Paul Parizek said. Police received reports of gunfire at about 9:10 a.m. at the post office on Second Avenue, just north of downtown. Officers arrived within three minutes, Parizek said. The shooting occurred on the building’s second floor, in a nonpublic area, he said. The suspect, identified by police as a Postal Service employee, was detained outside the building. Police have not released the names of the suspect or injured people. Parizek said officers did not know what led to the shooting or what the suspect’s motive might have been. The main post office is a four-story regional sorting facility with a public service counter. Police said the building was secure while officers searched it and nearby areas. Second Avenue was temporarily closed as emergency crews responded, and the post office remained closed after the street reopened, according to reports...