Suspect kills himself after three women and girl, 13, shot dead

Officers found Mavis Christian Jr, 52, in his car during a manhunt after shootings on Saturday at three locations in Memphis, Tennessee, in which three women and a teenage girl died

Mavis Christian Jr at a crime scene (Memphis Police Department/AP)

A suspect in Tennessee died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while on the run after a series of shootings that killed four people and seriously injured a fifth, police said.

Officers found the body of Mavis Christian Jr, 52, in his car during a manhunt following the shootings at three locations in Memphis that left three women and a teenage girl dead and another teenage girl critically wounded, the Memphis Police Department said.