( CNN ) -- Police in Leesburg , Virginia , and Genesee County , Michigan , suspect three recent attacks in Leesburg are linked to the stabbing deaths of five people and injuries to 10 others in the Flint area . Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton confirmed in a news conference Monday that Michigan authorities have been in contact with police in Virginia , saying `` there are some similarities '' between the assaults in both states . Leyton said the Virginia victims ' description of the suspect as well as their description of the suspect 's vehicle led authorities to make the possible connection . Elsewhere , police in Toledo , Ohio , said Monday that a stabbing there fits the pattern of the Michigan attacks and could be linked to the same suspect as well . The suspect is described by Michigan authorities as a white man in his late 20s to early 30s . All of the Michigan victims but one are black , leading authorities to consider a possible racial motive . Two of the three Virginia attacks involved black victims as well , Leyton said . Leesburg police told CNN they have established a $ 5,000 reward for anyone providing information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case . `` We have no information at this point to say he 's either still here or he has fled , '' Leesburg Police Chief Joe Price told a news conference . `` We are continuing our operations as if he is still here . '' Price called the suspect `` very desperate and very dangerous . '' The FBI is assisting in the investigation , Leesburg and Genesee County officials said . Leyton said the timing of the attacks in Virginia `` is such that it could be the same individual . '' The Michigan attacks began May 24 . The most recent was August 2 . Previously , only 13 stabbings were believed related in the Flint area . `` We now believe there are 15 stabbings potentially attributed to the same suspect , '' Leyton announced Monday . The three attacks in Leesburg occurred August 3 , 5 and 6 . The stabbing in Ohio occurred August 7 , according to Sgt . Bill Wauford of the Toledo Police Department . Officials in Michigan say the attacker is believed to be driving a Chevy Blazer or GMC Jimmy , model years 1995-2005 , with a two-tone green top over a beige or gold bottom . Virginia authorities provided a similar description : an older model 1995-2000 Chevy S-10 Blazer with a dark green upper and a lighter tan or beige color on the lower panels . The suspect is described as a stocky , unshaven white man usually wearing a baseball cap . `` We know he is a strong individual , '' Leyton said , adding that the suspect is `` preying on individuals who are alone on the street . '' The Michigan victims ' ages have ranged from 17 to 60 years old , according to Leyton . All of the victims have been men , and in two cases they were people with special needs . Price said the Virginia victims `` all appear to have been smaller in stature or more of an older age than our suspect -- in other words , people that he thinks he can physically handle . '' The suspect is believed to approach victims who are on foot during the early morning hours , asking for directions or other assistance to lure them closer to his car , Leyton said . The Toledo Police Department 's Wauford said the method of attack in the Ohio case matched the Michigan incidents . The attack occurred Saturday about 7:45 p.m. after a 59-year-old man -- also black -- was taking a smoke break from his job as a church custodian , Wauford said . `` A suspect approached him asking for directions and started stabbing him for no apparent reason , '' Wauford said , adding that the incident occurred near a major interstate highway . Authorities were able to speak to the victim for only a short time Saturday night before he was rushed into surgery for a collapsed lung , Wauford said . Police were able to get a description of the suspect 's vehicle -- a dark green early '90s Chevy Blazer . Leyton confirmed Michigan authorities are in touch with police in Toledo , but declined to definitively link that attack , saying `` it is very fresh and we just obtained the information . '' The five Michigan victims who did not survive the attacks are David Motley on May 24 ; Emmanuel Dent on June 21 ; Darwin Marshall on July 26 ; Frank Kellybrew on July 30 ; and Arnold Miner on August 2 . CNN 's Sarah Aarthun and Terry Frieden contributed to this report .
NEW : Police in Ohio say a recent attack in their state could also be linked . Authorities say victims ' description of the suspect and his vehicle are similar . The victim was attacked by an unknown assailant on July 20, police said at the time. The attacks began May 24 in the Flint area .