One person was killed and five others wounded when a gunman opened fire at a motel and at least three other locations across the suburb of Mesa in Phoenix, Arizona before he was captured in a manhunt, US police said.
Police used a stun gun to subdue the suspect and led him out of a residential complex with his wrists shackled and took him to a hospital, television station 12 News reported.
Acting police chief John Meza confirmed the arrest but did not provide details.
The gunman, who was not publicly identified, first opened fire inside a Mesa motel, where he killed one man and wounded two women.
The gunman, described as a man in his 40s with a tattoo on his neck, then went to a nearby restaurant operated by a trade school and shot and wounded an adult student there.
After driving off in a vehicle he carjacked at the restaurant, the gunman went to a nearby apartment complex, where he barged into a home and shot a man. He then went to another apartment complex and shot another man.
“We don’t know the motive. We know there was some type of argument at the first location, at the motel,” a police spokesman told reporters.
Six shot
The spokesman said six people were shot in total, including one who died and another who was in a critical condition.
Dozens of police officers continued to stand at the site of the first shooting, the Tri-City Inn motel.
The East Valley Institute of Technology, the trade school near where the shooting started, and the nearby Mesa Community College were placed on lockdown as a precaution due to the shooting, the campuses said on their Twitter pages.
Arizona governor Doug Ducey said in a statement that he had spoken to the mayor of Mesa and offered the support and resources of the state, including those of the department of public safety, in handling the shooting.
“Right now, our hearts and prayers are with the people of Mesa, the individuals affected by this tragedy, and all law enforcement and first responders working to assist the victims,” Mr Ducey said.
Reuters