BANCROFT – The ex-boyfriend of a Bancroft woman shot and killed her and another man at a Bancroft home before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

All three bodies were found at a home located at 524 S. Morehouse St., on July 12.

Officers with the Bancroft Police Department were called to the scene at 8:13 a.m. that morning.

Officials have identified the victims as Mason Alrik Cederwall, 22, of Algona, and Amy Lynn Manna, 30.

The state medical examiner’s office determined the cause of death for both Cederwall and Manna to be homicide.

The manner of death was gunshot wounds, the DCI reported.

Cederwall and Manna were apparently shot by Austin James Bernhard, 30, of Bancroft.

Bernhard’s cause of death was determined to be suicide.

The manner of Berhnhard’s death was a single gunshot wound, the DCI reported.

Investigators determined that Bernhard was an ex-boyfriend of Manna’s.

Bernhard had previously been arrested on July 4 for assault and burglary charges in an incident involving the two victims.