FOUR people are dead, including a suspected shooter, and another is injured following reports of an active shooter and fire at a home in Baltimore County, Maryland, the United States, authorities said.

Police officers responding to the Woodlawn neighborhood after 6:40 a.m. Saturday found a man armed with a gun outside a burning residence, Baltimore County Police Department spokesperson Joy Stewart said during a press briefing.

Police fatally shot the suspect, Stewart said. The officer-involved shooting is under investigation and it is unclear at this time how many officers discharged their firearms, she said. The suspect has not been publicly identified.

In addition to the suspect, three other people — two men and a woman — died and a male victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident, police said. Authorities have not shared any additional details on the victims. Two people initially unaccounted for after the incident have since been found.

The two-alarm fire destroyed two townhomes and heavily damaged a third, Tim Rostkowski, a spokesperson for the Baltimore County Fire Department, said during the briefing.

The fire was being fed by natural gas and firefighters were still working to control the gas leak by Saturday afternoon, authorities said. A utility company was working to shut off the natural gas to the home.

“We don’t have any preliminary information whatsoever on the exact origin or cause [of the fire],” Rostkowski said. “That’s part of the ongoing investigation.” The call for the active shooter and fire came in at the same time and authorities are investigating if the two incidents are related, authorities said.(SD-Agencies)