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| Five people killed in south-east Texas shooting | Five people killed in south-east Texas shooting |
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| Four pronounced dead at Cleveland house and fifth died in hospital, sheriff’s office says | Four pronounced dead at Cleveland house and fifth died in hospital, sheriff’s office says |
| Five people including an eight-year-old child have been killed in a shooting at a home in Cleveland, Texas, ABC News reported, citing local police and authorities. | |
| The shooting took place late on Friday and the police were still looking for the suspect, the report added. | |
| Officials from the San Jacinto County sheriff’s office received a call about harassment from Cleveland at around 11.31pm local time. | |
| The sheriff’s office told ABC that the suspect was a Mexican man who was intoxicated, armed and on the run. | |
| The Cleveland police department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a comment. | |
| The San Jacinto County sheriff’s office could not immediately be reached for a comment. | |
| The police did not disclose the identity of the victims or their possible relationship to the suspect, but said that they were all from Honduras, the ABC report said. | |
| The shootings took place in one home, with four victims declared dead at the scene and the fifth declared dead after being taken to the hospital, the report added. | |
| The youngest of those killed was eight years old with two female victims found on top of two surviving children, the report said, citing authorities. |