Police struggling to trace gunman alleged to have shot dead five people

Police officers on the scene of the shooting in San Jacinto (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Law enforcement officers said on Sunday they have been unable to find a gunman who fled after killing five people in a rural Texas town, offering 80,000 US dollars (£63,000) in total reward money in hopes of motivating someone to come forward with information about the suspect’s whereabouts.

“We do not know where he is,” said James Smith, the FBI’s special agent in charge. Police were going door to door looking for the suspect.