Two people were killed at a Kentucky church after a gunman who earlier shot and wounded a state trooper fled there, according to local police.

Two people were killed and three others were injured, including a state trooper, in a series of shootings in Kentucky on July 13, authorities said.

The man accused of killing two women at a Kentucky church and wounding a state trooper in separate shootings had been expected in court for a domestic violence hearing the next day.