Five dead in suspected murder-suicide near Wichita, police say

• Five people were found shot to death in three homes in Wichita, Kansas, and police believe the shootings are related.
• Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan confirmed that one of the deceased was the suspected shooter, although he declined to provide further details.
• Authorities believe the victims knew each other, but the nature of their relationships has not been revealed.

Five people were found shot dead in three houses in the same area Wichita, Kansasand police believe the shootings are related.

Police Chief Joe Sullivan said one of the people found dead Sunday was the suspected shooter, but he declined to elaborate.

Police believe all five knew each other, but the nature of their relationship has not been disclosed.

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Officers received a report of a shooting at 5:44 p.m. and found a man dead in a home. Officers following his death went to a home a few blocks away and found three other people dead, police said in a news release.

The city skyline is pictured in Wichita, Kansas. Five people were found shot to death in three homes in the same area of ​​Wichita, and police believe the shootings are related. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Officers canvassing the neighborhood looked through the window of a third home and saw a fifth victim. the police said.

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“We have five victims who died from gunfire,” Sullivan told reporters. “We believe the investigation will reveal that one of those victims was the shooter of all the other victims.”