Four Dead In Florida Thanksgiving Shooting; Manhunt Underway

November 27, 2009 1:47 p.m. EST

Jupiter, FL (AHN) - Authorities are looking for a man they believe opened fire on a Thanksgiving party, killing four people including a six-year old girl.

According to WPTV, 35-year-old Paul Michael Merhige left a holiday gathering at a home in Jupiter on Thursday, only to return later that day with a handgun. Four people among the 17 people in the house were fatally shot.

The victims are Raymond Joseph, 76, Carla Merhige and Lisa Merhige, twin sisters of the suspect. The six-year-old daughter of a WPTV photojournalist also died.

WPBF reports that two other people were injured, and one of them is in a hospital.