Sunday 24th November 2024

Law Enforcement authorities in Story County have released the names of the victims involved in a shooting incident Thursday evening outside the Cornerstone Church in Ames.

The two deceased female victims from the shooting have bene identified as 22-year-old Eden Montang and 21-year-old Vivian Flores.  Both women were students at Iowa State University.

The shooter, who is also deceased, has been identified as 33-year-old Johnathan Whitlach of Boone.

 

Investigators say the shooting is through to be the result of a domestic situation between the shooter, Whitlach, and Eden, one of the two victims.  The two had previously been involved in a relationship, according to Story County Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald.