The suspected gunman is still at large after at least five people have been shot dead in two connected shootings in the southeastern US state of Georgia, BNO News reported on Friday night.

Police sources said the two shootings happened early Friday evening in Appling. Four were pronounced dead at the scene and one died on the way to hospital.

"We're working (on) a multiple shooting. We have five victims, and the sheriff's department is looking for the shooter. And that's all I can tell you right now because we haven't finished processing the crime scene," Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins told BNO News.

There is no immediate word on the identities of the victims, and information about what may have led to the killings is not yet known.

Source: XINHUA