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Emergency crews work at the scene of a shooting at Gaffey's car wash in the village of Herkimer, N.Y. after shootings at two different businesses left four people dead and at least two wounded, according to police, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Police said two unidentified people were shot and killed at the car wash and two others were killed in a barber shop in the village of Mohawk, east of Syracuse. (AP Photo/Observer-Dispatch, Rocco Laduca)
New York - Four people were killed and two others wounded Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at two locations in the US state of New York, local media reported, citing police.
Four people were shot at a hair salon in the town of Mohawk, two of whom were killed, and two others were shot dead at a car wash in nearby Herkimer, according to the local NBC affiliate WKTV and the Herkimer Telegram.
The two towns are about 360 kilometers (225 miles) north of New York City.
Police were searching for a suspect identified as 64-year-old Kurt Myers, who has gray hair and a beard, Herkimer police chief Joseph Malone told WKTV.
Police believe Myers set fire to his apartment, located near the hair salon, before embarking on the shooting spree, according to the Telegram. Firefighters needed 90 minutes to douse the blaze.
About a half-dozen firearms were found in the building, the report said.
Firefighters battle a structure fire at an apartment building at 32 S. Washington St. in the village of Mohawk, N.Y., in connection with two shootings, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at two different businesses that left four people dead and at least two wounded, according to police. State police told Mohawk Valley local media outlets a man shot and killed two unidentified people Wednesday morning at Gaffeys Fast Lube in the village of Herkimer. Two others were killed at Johns Barber Shop, a mile away in the village of Mohawk. They said a total of six people had been shot. (AP Photo/Observer-Dispatch, Steve Hughes)
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Area schools and a university in Herkimer were placed on heightened alert. Residents were warned to stay indoors and call the authorities if they saw anything unusual.
The latest shooting comes amid a national debate over lax gun laws in the United States, following the massacre of 26 people, including 20 children, at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut in December. - AFP
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