Police: 5 dead, including gunman, in US shooting

By: 9 years ago

Hennepin County Sherrif’s personnel outside the New Hope Police Department after two police officers were shot Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 in New Hope, Minn. Two newly sworn-in officers and others were shot at Monday night as they left a New Hope City Council meeting. Two officers were hit, and others returned fire and killed the gunman, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Mike Carlson said. Authorities are not seeking any other suspects and did not identify the gunman or disclose a possible motive. AP/Star Tribune, Jeff Wheeler

DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia, United States — Authorities say five people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting in a subdivision west of Atlanta.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Lt. Glenn Daniel said authorities received an emergency call Saturday around 3 p.m. reporting a shooting in a housing development west of Atlanta.

Daniel says the gunman shot six people before fatally shooting himself. Daniel says the two surviving victims are children, but children are also among the dead.

Investigators have not released the names of the suspect or the victims because their family members have not yet been notified. The motive of the shooting was not immediately clear.