The lockdown was lifted at about 12:45 p.m., according to the Facebook page. The Westerly Public Schools were locked down in the aftermath of the shooting, according to the School Department's Facebook page, and afternoon pre-kindergarten has been canceled. Westerly and state police officers went to the room of the suspect, and found him inside dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state police Supt. They determined that a resident of the complex was a potential suspect. When police arrived they were able to identify a suspect by reviewing surveillance footage, Lacey said. The first call to the Westerly police came in at 10:32 a.m. The 67-year-old resident was taken to Rhode Island Hospital and was in stable condition after surgery. He said the 47-year-old employee was in critical condition she was taken first to Westerly Hospital and was being flown to Yale New Haven Hospital. Lacey would not release any names during a midafternoon news conference, because families were still being notified. Two others, a 38-year-old employee and a 67-year-old resident, were wounded. A 47-year-old employee of the residential complex was killed, Lacey said. The shooting victims were all women, he said. Westerly Police Chief Shawn Lacey said the gunman was a 66-year-old man. The mid-morning incident happened in the area of Babcock Village, a federally subsidized housing complex at 22 Cross St. WESTERLY - A 66-year-old resident of an assisted-living complex shot and killed one person and wounded two others before taking his own life Thursday morning, prompting area schools and businesses to lock down, police said.
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