Suspect barricaded after Pennsylvania shootings: 5 dead

SOUDERTON, PA -- Police say a suspect in five killings at three separate locations in Pennsylvania is believed to be barricaded inside a home in Souderton.

Police also say the suspect is believed to be alive inside the home and SWAT teams are taking position outside.

This, after police were called to Franklin and Garfield streets in Souderton where two people were found dead.

Police add that two children who were reportedly taken from Lower Salford Twp. during this incident have been found safe.

Meanwhile, the Souderton Area School District, which includes schools in the Souderton, Pa. and Harleysville, Pa. are are under a shelter-in-place. The district says all students are safe and are secured in their classrooms. Visitors will not be allowed in the schools until further notice.

The first shooting was reported at 3:55 a.m. in the 100 block of Main Street in Lower Salford. Police arrived to find a woman shot to death.

A second call came in half an hour later, at 4:25 a.m., for another shooting 100 block of West 5th Street in Lansdale. Officers arrived at that location to find two more people shot and killed.

Sources say all the victims shot a close range.

They believe he is a military veteran.