Multiple deaths, injuries after attacks in the US state of Kansas

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In this photo provided by KWCH-TV, police vehicles line the road after reports of a shooting in Hesston, Kan., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. A Harvey County sheriff’s dispatcher said the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon at Excel Industries. (KWCH-TV via AP)

At around 6:45 p.m. local time in the U.S. state of Kansas, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton says it’s possible “as many” as three to four people are dead, including a suspect, and up to 20 people may be injured after a series of attacks at a workplace in Hesston, Kansas.

Sheriff T. Walton said at a news conference Thursday evening that there were “a number of crime scenes involved,” including the Excel Industries plant where dispatchers earlier said they were responding to a shooting.

Walton says the suspect was an Excel employee. He says the suspect was shot and killed. Sheriff T. Walton says the scene at Excel Industries has been secured.

Story by the Associated Press

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Read and watch the local news coverage out of Kansas from station KWCH

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A report from local station KWCH on the attacks at one of the crime scenes, Excel Industries


One of the attack scenes, Excel Industries, a lawn care company where the shooter was employed