CLEVELAND, Texas: Five people were killed in a shooting at a home in southeast Texas late Friday night, authorities said.

The suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose, the police was quoted as saying.

Four people were pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting in Cleveland and the fifth died at a hospital, the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office said early Saturday.

The shooting in the community about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of Houston was reported around 10:30pm.

No further details about the shooting or the victims were immediately available.