Four children, woman killed in US shooting spree
Four children and an adult woman were killed and a child seriously wounded in a shooting rampage in the midwestern US city of Cleveland, Ohio, police said on Friday.
Police swarmed a section of west Cleveland searching for the suspect, who they identified as Davon Crawford, 33.
Patrol cars blocked area streets and a helicopter hovered above as officers spread out in their search.
All but one of the victims are children, Cleveland Police Lieutenant Thomas Stacho told reporters.
"From what I understand he (Crawford) is the father of some of the children," Stacho said.
Police said that a child fled the middle-class neighborhood home where the shooting took place around 8:00 pm (0100 GMT Friday) calling for help. By the time officers arrived the suspect had fled on foot.
The local newspaper, the Cleveland Plains-Dealer, reported that one of the victims was the mother of the children.
Crawford has a violent history, including a 2002 prison stint on a domestic violence event that also involved a gun and children, The Plains-Dealer reported.
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