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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I wish if people like that would take their own life and leave the rest alone. Obviously, this person has a lot of issues that he balmed on the victims. I hope he kills himslef and put an end to this madness.
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Unfortunately gun control will only put upstading citizens at a disadvantage. Think about it. Only good citizens will refrain from purchasing weapons if they are to be outlawed. On the other hand, criminals already purchase theirs on the black market and will continue to do so. In this case, if guns are to be outlawed, then good citizens will not have the ability to defend one's self even in their homes.
Re: Four children, woman killed in US shooting spree.
Greetings,
format_quote Originally Posted by Mukafi7
Unfortunately gun control will only put upstading citizens at a disadvantage. Think about it. Only good citizens will refrain from purchasing weapons if they are to be outlawed. On the other hand, criminals already purchase theirs on the black market and will continue to do so. In this case, if guns are to be outlawed, then good citizens will not have the ability to defend one's self even in their homes.
You may well be right, but I still think that guns are far too readily available in some parts of the world.
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