Man arrested in US after five killed

A suspect is in custody for the killings of five people in southern Tennessee in the USA, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said tonight.

TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said that the bodies were found this morning in two different houses in Fayetteville.

She said some of the victims are related.

The killings took place either on Friday night or early today.

A forensic crime team is on the way to gather evidence.

Fayetteville is a town of about 7,000 people located about 90 miles south of Nashville near the Tennessee-Alabama border.