Four people were killed and two were wounded in upstate New York by a gunman who went on a shooting spree at two locations on Wednesday morning, according to law enforcement officials.
[h=6]Rocco Laduca/Observer-Dispatch, via Associated Press[/h]Gaffey’s Car Wash in the village of Herkimer, N.Y., where a gunman went on a shooting spree on Wednesday morning.
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“We have four people dead, two injured,” said Jack L. Keller, a New York State Police trooper.
The shooter remained on the loose, according to Chief Joseph Malone of the Herkimer Police. At a news conference shortly after noon, Chief Malone identified the suspect as Kurt Meyers and warned people that he was considered armed and dangerous. The police released a photo of the suspect, showing a man with a gray beard and gray hair. He is believed to be in his 50s or 60s. It was not clear what might have motivated him to go on a shooting rampage or what weapons he used.
Chief Malone said the police believed the suspect set fire to his home shortly after 9 a.m. and then went on a shooting spree in two communities in Herkimer County, near Utica.
The shootings took place at Gaffey’s Car Wash on Mohawk Street in the village of Herkimer and John’s Barber Shop on Main Street in Mohawk, according to the police.
At least a dozen police vehicles and ambulances converged at the two area businesses soon after the shootings, while the police searched for the gunman, who remained on the loose as of 12 p.m., according to the local police.
A helicopter circled over the small community, and local schools were placed on lockdown.
“We saw a guy walking around the shop,” one woman who was at the gas station told WKTV. She said she saw two people who were shot on the ground.
“Then he took off in a Jeep Wrangler,” she said of the shooter, adding, “There were empty rifle shells on the ground.”
An additional four people were shot at the barbershop, witnesses told reporters on the scene.
[h=6]Rocco Laduca/Observer-Dispatch, via Associated Press[/h]Gaffey’s Car Wash in the village of Herkimer, N.Y., where a gunman went on a shooting spree on Wednesday morning.
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“We have four people dead, two injured,” said Jack L. Keller, a New York State Police trooper.
The shooter remained on the loose, according to Chief Joseph Malone of the Herkimer Police. At a news conference shortly after noon, Chief Malone identified the suspect as Kurt Meyers and warned people that he was considered armed and dangerous. The police released a photo of the suspect, showing a man with a gray beard and gray hair. He is believed to be in his 50s or 60s. It was not clear what might have motivated him to go on a shooting rampage or what weapons he used.
Chief Malone said the police believed the suspect set fire to his home shortly after 9 a.m. and then went on a shooting spree in two communities in Herkimer County, near Utica.
The shootings took place at Gaffey’s Car Wash on Mohawk Street in the village of Herkimer and John’s Barber Shop on Main Street in Mohawk, according to the police.
At least a dozen police vehicles and ambulances converged at the two area businesses soon after the shootings, while the police searched for the gunman, who remained on the loose as of 12 p.m., according to the local police.
A helicopter circled over the small community, and local schools were placed on lockdown.
“We saw a guy walking around the shop,” one woman who was at the gas station told WKTV. She said she saw two people who were shot on the ground.
“Then he took off in a Jeep Wrangler,” she said of the shooter, adding, “There were empty rifle shells on the ground.”
An additional four people were shot at the barbershop, witnesses told reporters on the scene.