By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 23:00 EST, 12 March 2013 | UPDATED: 16:28 EST, 13 March 2013 Suspect: Police say Kurt Meyers, 64, fatally shot four people on Wednesday A gunman is on the run in upstate New York after shooting at least six people and killing four in a violent spree Wednesday morning across two towns in Herkimer County. Police are still searching for the suspect, 64-year-old Kurt R. Meyers, whom they believe is hiding out in the tiny village of Herkimer. As the manhunt continued into the afternoon, a half dozen gunshots rang out around 1:30 p.m. near a shuttered storefront downtown, while nearby, law enforcement officials and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo were planning to hold a news conference.
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Suspect Kurt R. Meyers, 64, is on the run after police say he killed four people and wounded two others in separate shootings at a barber shop and a car wash
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Police believe Meyers, who is described by those who knew him as a 'loner,' is hiding out in the tiny town of Herkimer
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Harry Montgomery Sr. of Mohawk is one of two victims killed in the barber shop. Other victims have not been identified
Precautions: The shootings prompted officials to put schools on lockdown in Herkimer and @placeholder