Four family members including boy, 2, shot dead (Updated)

GEORGE TOWN: Four members of a family, including a two-year-old boy, were shot dead by a man believed to be high on drugs, in a room at a chicken processing factory in Batu Maung early today morning.
They were identified as Toh Hock Choon, 50, his wife Tan Saw Sim, 55, their stepson Chung Wah Tong, 28, and the latter's son, identified only as Ah Bee.
Police, who received a report at 2.55am, found 11 bullet casings at the scene and based on a CCTV recording, all the victims were shot at close range.
State CID chief SAC Datuk Razarudin Husain @ Abdul Rasid said the suspect is believed to have entered into an argument with the family when they refused to give him money for drugs.
The man later returned with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and fired 11 shots at the victims before fleeing in a Toyota Hilux belonging to Toh. The vehicle was later found abandoned at Kampung Baru, Bukit Mertajam.
"Toh was shot in the arms, hands, face and chest. We believe that he was either sitting or kneeling when he was shot," said Razaruddin.
Workers at the nearby poultry processing plant, which the victims owned, notified the police after hearing noises from the house made from converted cargo containers.
Police believe they know the identity of the shooter and have launched a hunt for him.
One of the factory workers, who wanted to be known only as Chen, said that the suspect used to come to the factory occasionally to ask for money from Tan.
According to Razaruddin, the suspect has several past records involving drugs and weapons possession and used to sell chicken at the Air Itam market.
Bernama reports that Chung happened to be at the factory with his son to help with the factory work during the Hari Raya holidays as many of the workers were on leave, His wife, Jess Tan, was at her family home in Paya Terubong with their other child, aged one, when the incident occurred.
Chung, who works as a jockey in Kuala Lumpur, was due to head back to the federal capital this Friday.
Police, meanwhile, are seeking the assistance of a relative Chung Chun Wai, 32, to help in investigations. His last known address is 378H Jalan Baru, Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas, Penang.