Chicago: Five people were killed and multiple police officers shot on Friday, when a gunman opened fire in an industrial area on the outskirts of Chicago, the latest mass shooting to hit the United States.

The shooting took place at 1.28 pm at a giant manufacturing complex in Aurora, Illinois — a small suburb 65 kilometres west of central Chicago. Police said officers engaged in a firefight with the suspect, thought to be an employee before he was shot dead. He was identified as 45-year-old Gary Martin.