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US police searching for Thanksgiving shooter

Published:Friday | November 27, 2009 | 2:09 PM

Police in the US are searching for a man after four relatives, including a child were shot dead at a family Thanksgiving dinner in Florida.



Police in the small Palm Beach town of Jupiter say 35-year-old Paul Michael Merhige, is considered armed and dangerous.



The victims are a 6-year-old girl who was shot in her bed, the man\'s twin sisters and his 76-year-old aunt.



Police say 17 relatives were gathered at the home for dinner on Thursday.



The motive for the killings is unclear.



Authorities say a fifth victim, Merhige\'s brother-in-law, is being treated in hospital for unspecified wounds.