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Three dead in California shootings, say police Ali Syed named as California carjack killer gunman
(about 3 hours later)
At least three people have died in a series of shootings near Los Angeles, California, police have said. California police have identified a part-time student as the gunman who killed three and injured at least three more on a carjacking spree.
The suspect, a man in his 20s, gunned down a woman at a house in Orange County before he shot dead two others in a string of car-jackings. Ali Syed, 20, lived at the home outside Los Angeles where he killed his first victim on Tuesday, police said.
The suspect then shot himself at a crossroads after a shooting spree that lasted for nearly half an hour. Syed then stole a series of cars and killed two other people before turning the gun on himself at a crossroads.
A sheriff's spokesman said six crime scenes were being investigated in connection with the incident. At least three others were injured in roughly 30 minutes of bloodshed, Tustin Police Chief Scott Jordan said.
Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino told the BBC the bloodshed began when officers responded to an emergency call at about 04:45 local time (12:45 GMT). The deceased victims have been identified as Jeremy Lewis, 26, Melvin Lee Edwards, 69, and an unidentified woman in her 20s who was unrelated to Syed.
They found a female victim with multiple gunshot wounds in a house in the community of Ladera Ranch, about 30 miles (48km) south of Los Angeles. A sheriff's spokesman said investigators were scouring six crime scenes in connection with the incident.
A witness said the suspect fled in a sports utility vehicle. 'Last day'
According to police, over the next 25 minutes the gunman killed two more people in car-jackings in Tustin and Santa Ana. He then turned the gun on himself at an intersection in Tustin. Before dawn on Tuesday, officers responding to an emergency call at a house in the community of Ladera Ranch, about 30 miles (48km) south of Los Angeles, found a female victim dead from multiple gunshot wounds, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino told the BBC.
Two others were injured and others were shot at but unhurt, police said. Police later confirmed that Syed's family had been in that home at the time of the attack but said he fled the house in a black sport utility vehicle.
The authorities said they were not aware of any other possible suspects, and had not established a motive for the attacks. Police have not revealed the slain woman's relationship to Syed.
"I do not believe any of the victims are related to each other," Tustin Police Lt Paul Garaven said. "It might have been a random thing." One carjacking victim told police the gunman pointed a shotgun and ordered him to hand over the keys, saying: "I don't want to hurt you. I just killed somebody and today is my last day."
"There's a lot to sort out," Mr Amormino told the Los Angeles Times. From within that stolen vehicle, the gunman shot at other vehicles on a motorway in Santa Ana, injuring one person.
The authorities are expected to provide more details at a 14:00 PST (22:00 GMT) news conference. He then killed two other people in additional carjackings, one in Santa Ana, and one in Tustin.
The driver in Santa Ana, Melvin Edwards, was forced from his BMW at a red light, marched to a curb and shot dead as witnesses watched in horror.
"He was basically executed,'' Santa Ana police spokesman Anthony Bertagna said. "There were at least six witnesses.'' Another person was injured in the Tustin incident.
After calls to police poured in and highway officials spotted the suspect, officials attempted to stop the gunman at an intersection in the nearby town of Orange.
Syed killed himself as his car hit a kerb.
Authorities said they were not aware of any other possible suspects and had not established a motive for the attacks.
Syed was taking one course at Saddleback College and was otherwise unemployed, police said.