Search on for suspected murderer of six people in US

Washington, Dec 16 (IANS/EFE) Police officers continued their search Monday for an armed man suspected of killing six people at three different crime scenes on the outskirts of Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania.

Police in Montgomery county have identified the suspect as Bradley William Stone, 35.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the six victims had some kind of family relationship with Stone, who also wounded at least one other person.

According to police, Stone is armed, dangerous and is possibly wearing some kind of military uniform.

The first shots were fired at around 4 a.m. at a residence where agents found a woman's body.

The other bodies were found in two other buildings in the Souderton suburb, and first reports said the suspect had holed up in a house in that town, located on the outskirts of Philadelphia.

Authorities consider all the murders related and have found a vehicle belonging to the suspect, who is apparently a member of the military.

Now the search for Stone has moved on to Pennsburg, another Philadelphia suburb.

--IANS/EFE

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