One dead, five wounded in Ohio shooting

WASHINGTON: An “active” shooter situation in the US state of Ohio has left at least one person dead and five wounded, police said early on Wednesday morning, with the suspected gunman still at large.

The shooting occurred late on Tuesday evening in New Albany, Ohio, at a cosmetic warehouse, resulting in “one fatality” and leaving five people with gunshot wounds who were transported to hospitals, said Greg Jones, the city´s police chief.

“The person of interest -- we believe we may know their location. We don´t have any reason to believe they are a general threat to society,” he told reporters during a press conference near the site of the shooting.

“It appears this was a targeted type of attack,” he said, adding that police evacuated about 150 people and that a firearm was found in the warehouse.

Jones said authorities were working to detain the suspect before they could comment on his location.