US: Police seek killer after 3 bodies at golf club

Police in USA's Georgia state were searching on Monday for a shooter after the person drove onto a golf course, killed an employee and fled, leaving two corpses in his pickup truck.

OnSaturday (local time) five shots were heard on Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw a city 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta, according to a witness quoted by local channel WXIA

Police officials found body of one man who was later identified as club pro Eugene Siller, on a green. He had been shot in the head, police spokeswoman Shenise Barner told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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The two men whose bodies were then found in the back of the truck were also gunshot victims, police said.
Authorities did not elaborate on a possible motive.

Nearby Kennesaw State University issued an alert shortly after the shooting, warning of the possible presence of an "armed and dangerous" man.

The university later lifted the alert, saying there was "no credible threat to (the) campus."

The United States has a long and painful history of deadly gun violence, in the form of a steady daily toll of shootings as well as high-profile mass killings that have targeted schools, work places and shopping centers.

(With inputs from agencies)