US shootings claim four more lives

MEMPHIS, Nov 19 (AP): Police in Tennessee have launched a manhunt for a suspect believed to have fatally shot three women and a teenage girl and critically wounded another teen girl at three separate locations during a deadly outbreak of domestic violence Saturday night.
Memphis Police Depart ment officers responded to a report of a shooting at 9:22 p.m. on the 100 Block of Howard Drive. Police found a woman with an apparent gunshot wound who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators determined there were two other connected fatal shootings. At Field Lark Drive, a woman and a 13-year-old girl were killed and a 15-year-old girl was critically wounded. Another woman was found fatally shot on Warrington Road, Memphis police spokesman Christopher Williams said.
Police said they believe the same suspect was responsible for the shootings and began a search for 52-year-old Mavis Christian Jr. Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies were involved in the search, the Memphis police said.