Family members react as they learn about three shooting victims inside a home on Plainfield Avenue NE in Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 7, 2011. A man suspected of killing seven people was surrounded by police on Thursday in a house in the western Michigan city and possibly holding two hostages, authorities said. [Photo/Agencies]

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - Police say seven people including a child have been shot dead at two sites in the western Michigan city of Grand Rapids.

Chief Kevin Belk tells The Grand Rapids Press the deaths were discovered Thursday afternoon.

Police tell The Associated Press that there has been a shooting but say no other information is immediately available.