A man killed at least four people this morning in a small town in the state of Georgia (USA) and fled, said local authorities, who have urged the population to avoid the area.
The shooting took place in Henry County, south of the city of Atlanta, the state capital, at 10:45 a.m. local time (2:45 p.m. GMT).
The county police specified in a press conference that three men and a woman died, all of them adults.
The author of the events was identified as a black man born in 1982.
At the moment, the possible motives for the shooting have not been reported and it is also unknown if he had a police record and relationship with any of the victims.
The local police recalled that the suspect, a resident of the area and wanted for murder, is armed and dangerous.
In the open investigation, a reward of 10,000 dollars (8,899 euros) is offered to anyone who offers information that leads to their arrest or eventual prosecution.
The first conclusions of these investigations suggest that there were four different but close crime scenes.
So far this year, according to 'The Gun Violence Archive', which documents acts of violence with firearms in the country, there have been 380 mass shootings in the United States, a term that includes a minimum of four people injured or killed. , without counting the attacker.
