( CNN ) -- A 73-year-old man shot dead five people around Yuma , Arizona , before turning a gun on himself , police said . Another victim was flown about 180 miles northeast to a Phoenix-area hospital after being seriously injured , Yuma Police Sgt . Clint Norred said in a joint press release with the Yuma County Sheriff 's Office . According to Yuma police , an `` elderly male '' went into a business in the city limits and shot an adult male . Police Chief Jerry Geier later identified this victim as Jerrold Shelley , a local attorney . The four others were killed in greater Yuma County , where the other person was injured , according to Yuma Police Officer Cruz Vidal . Police determined that these shootings were linked and identified the suspect as Carey Hal Dyess , a 73-year-old Yuma man . Around 11:30 a.m. , Yuma County sheriff 's deputies found Dyess dead off U.S. Highway 95 in Blaisdell , a community east of Yuma . He died from `` what appears to be ... a self-inflicted gunshot wound , '' police said . Yuma is a city of more than 87,000 people , according to a 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate , out of nearly 200,000 people in the county . It is near the intersection of Arizona , California and Mexico , about 170 miles east of San Diego . CNN 's Justin Lear contributed to this report .
2 killed in Yuma County and 1 in the city of Yuma , a police officer says . Another person was injured as a result of shooting in Yuma County . One of those injured was a Yuma attorney , the police chief says . The other , a 73-year - old man , apparently killed himself , police say .