POLICE SEARCH FOR SUSPECT AFTER 4 DEAD IN SHOOTOUT AT A CARWASH IN UPSTATE NY

Emergency crews work at the scene of a shooting at Gaffey's car wash in Herkimer.

Police in upstate New York are searching for a suspect after shootings at two different businesses left four people dead and at least two wounded.

State police tell local media outlets two unidentified people were shot and killed Wednesday morning at a car wash in the village of Herkimer and two others were killed in a barber shop in the village of Mohawk, about 65 miles east of Syracuse.

They say a total of six people were shot.

Herkimer Village police would only say that there was a shooting and a manhunt.

Herkimer County Community College and local schools are on lockdown.

The Observer-Dispatch reported the suspect is a 50 to 60 year old man, about 5-foot-11, with white hair and beard. He was last seen wearing a flannel shirt, the site reported.

The suspect reportedly used a long gun for the attacks.

The O-D reported that fire crew battled a blaze at the apartment building where the suspect is believed to have lived. Police were seen taking about a dozen firearms from the building. It is unclear if they belonged to the suspect.