**A gunman who has shot five people dead in South Carolina has been killed in a shootout in North Carolina, police say.**Police named the gunman as 41-year-old Patrick Tracy Burris, identified as the killer after bullets found in his gun matched those of the wanted gunman.
Officials in Cherokee County, where five people were killed around the town of Gaffney, gave few details.
But they said intensive police efforts had paid off, adding they wanted to tell residents they could sleep safely.
“We have him. He’s our serial killer,” said Neil Dolan, deputy state law enforcement director in South Carolina.
The shootout took place near Gastonia, North Carolina, after police challenged a suspect in a burglary.