A health care provider, his spouse and two of their grandchildren had been amongst 5 folks fatally shot in South Carolina late Wednesday, the police stated.

A suspect was discovered in a house close to the shootings in the town of Rock Hill, S.C., about 25 miles southwest of Charlotte, N.C., and taken into custody, Trent Faris, a spokesman for the York County Sheriff’s Office, told reporters on Thursday. The police had been serving a search warrant at that residence, he stated.

The motive for the taking pictures was unclear. Officer Faris stated there was no proof of an confederate.

The sheriff’s workplace, in a submit on Twitter, recognized 4 of the folks killed as Dr. Robert Lesslie, his spouse, Barbara, and two of their grandchildren. The website of a medical office the place he labored stated that Dr. Lesslie, 70, and his spouse had eight grandchildren.

The fifth one who was fatally shot, James Lewis, had been working on the residence. A sixth sufferer was taken to a hospital with critical gunshot wounds, Officer Faris stated.

An individual who answered the cellphone on the sheriff’s workplace on Thursday morning stated that no officers had been obtainable to remark additional on the shootings.

Officer Faris stated that Dr. Lesslie had been a distinguished doctor in the Rock Hill neighborhood and had began an area medical heart. Dr. Lesslie had practiced medication in Rock Hill since 1981 and was a specialist in emergency medication, in response to the medical office the place he labored. The physician had additionally been a newspaper and journal columnist and an creator.

Officer Faris stated the taking pictures was “a very, very tragic situation.”

“I’ve lived in Rock Hill my entire life, and Dr. Lesslie was my doctor growing up,” he added. “So that’s how this is kind of a little hard on me.”