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This undated photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows Jonathon Walker. Police said they were seeking Walker, 34, as the suspect in the predawn shootings, which left a 7-year-old dead, a 12-year-old critically injured, and their 31-year-old mother and 62-year-old grandmother dead on a suburban-style street by a park in Queens, near John F. Kennedy International Airport. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department) (The Associated Press)
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Police gather near a home located at 231-11 148th Avenue, left, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in the Queens borough of New York. Police say a father shot his daughters, his girlfriend and her mother in their home and then killed himself after the shooting that left three generations of women dead and a 12-year-old critically injured. New York Police Department spokesman Steve Davis says Jonathon Walker's body was found in a car, with a gun inside, in an isolated part of Queens after Saturday's pre-dawn shootings. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (The Associated Press)
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Media gather near 231-11 148th Avenue during a news conference Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in the Queens borough of New York. Police say a father shot his daughters, his girlfriend and her mother in their home and then killed himself after the shooting that left three generations of women dead and a 12-year-old critically injured. New York Police Department spokesman Steve Davis says Jonathon Walker's body was found in a car, with a gun inside, in an isolated part of Queens after Saturday's pre-dawn shootings. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (The Associated Press)
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New York Police Chief of Detectives Robert K. Boyce responds to questions during a news conference near 231-11 148th Avenue Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in the Queens borough of New York. Police say a father shot his daughters, his girlfriend and her mother in their home and then killed himself after the shooting that left three generations of women dead and a 12-year-old critically injured. New York Police Department spokesman Steve Davis says Jonathon Walker's body was found in a car, with a gun inside, in an isolated part of Queens after Saturday's pre-dawn shootings. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (The Associated Press)
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New York Police Chief of Detectives Robert K. Boyce responds to questions during a news conference near 231-11 148th Avenue Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in the Queens borough of New York. Police say a father shot his daughters, his girlfriend and her mother in their home and then killed himself after the shooting that left three generations of women dead and a 12-year-old critically injured. New York Police Department spokesman Steve Davis says Jonathon Walker's body was found in a car, with a gun inside, in an isolated part of Queens after Saturday's pre-dawn shootings. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK – Two women and a 7-year-old girl were shot dead and a 12-year-old girl critically wounded early Saturday, police said as they sought a suspect in what they believed was a case of domestic violence.
Officers were called around 5:40 a.m. Saturday to a home on 148th Avenue, on a suburban-style block in the Springfield Gardens section of Queens.
A 62-year-old woman, a 31-year-old woman and the 7-year-old lay dead of gunshot wounds to their heads, the New York Police Department said. The 12-year old was taken to a hospital, where she was in critical condition.
Police identified Jonathon Walker, 34, as a suspect. He had fled the home in an SUV and was believed to be carrying a .45-caliber gun, investigators said.
Police didn't immediately specify how Walker and the victims were related or connected. The names of the victims were not immediately released.
A call to the home rang unanswered. City property records show it's a two-family home with two female owners. The area is near John F. Kennedy International Airport.
