Five women killed in US shooting

Five women have been killed in a shooting at a store at a Chicago suburban shopping centre, the Chicago Tribune reports online.

Five women have been killed in a shooting at a store at a Chicago suburban shopping centre, the Chicago Tribune reported online.

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Initial reports said four were dead in the killings in a women's clothes shop on Saturday morning in Tinley Park, a Chicago suburb.

The suspected shooter was still at large, a police spokesperson said. Investigators speculated that the women were shot during a robbery attempt gone wrong.

The motive for the shootings was not clear. All the shots were fired in one store, shortly before 11 am.