Run-walk honors those lost in Carson City IHOP shooting in 2011

Runners leave the Carson City IHOP Thursday during the annual memorial run.

Runners leave the Carson City IHOP Thursday during the annual memorial run.

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Runners and walkers participated Thursday morning in the annual memorial run-walk on the anniversary of the Sept. 6, 2011, shooting at the International House of Pancakes in Carson City.

Hosted by the Nevada National Guard, the run-walk honors the three guardsman and one civilian killed in the shooting.

Nevada Guardsmen Lt. Col. Heath Kelly, 35, Master Sgt. Christian Riege, 38, and Sgt. 1st Class Miranda McElhiney, 31, were killed in the shooting incident. Florence Donovan-Gunderson, 67, was also killed during the incident. All three of the soldiers worked at the Office of the Adjutant General on Fairview Drive in Carson City.

The run-walk started at the IHOP and traveled the 5-kilometer route from the restaurant to the Office of the Adjutant General complex at 2460 Fairview Drive.