5 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 but declined to provide further details.
• Authorities believe the victims knew each other, but the nature of their relationships was not disclosed.

Five people were found shot to death in three homes in the same area of ​​Wichita, Kansas, and police believe the shootings are related.

Police Chief Joe Sullivan said one of the people found dead Sunday was the suspected shooter, but would not elaborate.

Police believe all five knew each other, but the nature of their relationships was not disclosed.

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Officers were called to a shooting at 5:44 p.m. and found a man dead inside a home. Officers investigating his death went to a home a few blocks away and found three other people dead, police said in a news release.

Officers searching that neighborhood looked in the window of a third home and saw a fifth victim, 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 these victims was the shooter of all the other victims.”