WASHINGTON -- Four people were killed in a mass shooting in the US state of Georgia on Saturday morning, authorities said.
The shooting happened at around 10:45 a.m. local time (1445 GMT) in the Dogwood Lakes area of Hampton, a city in southwestern Henry County, about 45 km from Atlanta, Georgia's capital, according to local police.
The victims were three men and one woman, Hampton Police Chief James Turner told a news conference, saying police detectives are investigating at least four crime scenes.
Police are still looking for the suspect, who is identified as Andre Longmore, a 41-year-old local male resident. Hampton police department released a photo and description of the suspect, who is believed to be driving a 2017 black GMC Acadia and carrying a black handgun.
Officials asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact the police.
"DO NOT APPROACH, CALL 911 IF YOU SEE HIM," said the police department on its . page.
At least 382 mass shootings have happened across the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group which defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
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