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Man kills wife, 4 kids

Police were searching early on Friday for a man suspected in the slayings of four children and his wife in Cleveland. The children, aged 3 to 14, were found on Thursday night in various rooms of a two-family home on the west side of Cleveland in the US state of Ohio, police said. A fifth child was wounded and being treated.

Authorities were searching for Davon Crawford, 33, police said. He is married to the adult victim. "It's probably one of the worst multiple shootings that I've seen in a long time," said Police Chief Michael McGrath.

(China Daily 03/07/2009 page11)