ATLANTA _ An urgent search is underway for a suspected gunman after four people were killed and one person was critically injured in a shooting in northwest Georgia.
Daylon Delon Gamble, 27, is wanted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on four counts of murder after two shootings at nearby residences in Rockmart, the state agency said Friday morning. Both shootings were reported to Polk County 911 on Thursday night.
Two bodies were found at a home on Williams Street, while the other two bodies were found about 300 yards away at a house on Rome Street, the GBI said. The dead include two women and two men, and none of their names has been released.
A fifth person was shot in the face and flown to Atlanta Medical Center. It's unclear at which scene the man was wounded. The GBI said Friday he is being treated for his injuries.
"Daylon Gamble stole a Ford truck which has been recovered and fled both crime scenes," the agency said on Twitter. "He is considered armed and very dangerous and is actively being sought by local, state and federal authorities at this time."
Rockmart Police Chief Keith Sorrells told WSB-TV these are believed to be targeted attacks. There were no signs of forced entry at the two homes. The GBI did not disclose a motive or the relationship between Gamble and the shooting victims Friday morning.
Two people from the Rome area told the news station they drove the 20 miles south to Rockmart, a small town of about 4,000 people, after hearing that one of the shootings happened at their relative's house. Their relative was not hurt and had gone to Walmart during the shooting, but returned to find two bodies inside her home.
"It's just unheard of in a small community like this," Sorrells said.
Three GBI regional offices responded to the scene Thursday night, along with Rockmart and Polk County police departments and several other local agencies.
The GBI is urging anyone with information abut Gamble's whereabouts to contact the Rockmart Police Department at (770) 784-6558 or call 911.
