At least four killed after shooting in south Georgia town

At least four people were killed, in a small city in rural south Georgia, United States, on Thursday (Friday AEDT) after a gunman shot a fast-food worker and two of their relatives, before taking his own life.

Colquitt County Coroner C. Verlyn Brock told The Associated Press, that the shooter killed his mother and grandmother at two neighbouring homes and killed a woman at a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Moultrie.

However, the identity of the victims or the shooter was not revealed.

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Meanwhile, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement only that there had been "multiple fatalities" at different crime scenes in the area, reported the AP.

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