Raleigh shooting latest: Suspect will face charges as an adult after killing
Five dead, including police officer, in North Carolina shooting
Five people were killed by a shooter who opened fire along a walking trail in North Carolina’s capital city on Thursday and eluded police for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested, police said.
Law enforcement officials identified the victims of the shooting on Friday. An off-duty police officer was among those killed by the suspect, whom police only described as a white, 15-year-old male.
The suspect was arrested around 9.37pm after evading capture for hours and hiding inside a home, authorities said.
Gunfire broke out around 5pm, along the Neuse River Greenway in a residential area northeast of downtown, Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said.
Officers from numerous law enforcement agencies swarmed the area, closing roads and warning residents to stay inside while they searched for the shooter.
Two people, including another police officer, were also taken to hospitals.
“Tonight terror has reached our doorstep. The nightmare of every community has come to Raleigh. This is a senseless horrific and infuriating act of violence that has been committed,” Governor Roy Cooper told reporters.
Suspect hospitalized following police apprehension
The suspect in the shooting was hospitalized after police apprehended him on Thursday evening following a standoff.
In a 911 call, a caller said that the suspect “walked by and shot” an officer “for no reason,” according to CNN.
Another caller said that two of their neighbours had been shot, with yet another caller saying that a “kid running around here with a shotgun” had shot an individual and subsequently “ran back into the woods”.
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‘We don’t have answers as to why this tragedy occurred,’ police chief says
The crime scene in the Raleigh neighbourhood of Hedingham spanned more than two miles.
During a press briefing on Friday, Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson told reporters, “my heart is heavy, because we don’t have answers as to why this tragedy occurred,” according to CNN.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has said that the plan is to charge the suspect as an adult.
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Witnesses report seeing ‘long gun’
Witnesses of the shooting have said that they saw “a long gun” but police have yet to reveal what kind of weapon was used by the suspect or how it was obtained.
“In consideration of the mass number of lives lost, it’s appropriate that this case be handled in Superior Court and this individual prosecuted as an adult,” Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said, according to WRAL.
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School, community, and aquatic centre went into lockdown and police searched for suspect
The two injured individuals include a Raleigh police officer, who has been released from hospital, and 59-year-old Michelle Gardner, who remained in critical condition on Friday.
As they searched for the teen suspect, police congregated at Beaverdam Elementary School, which went into lockdown.
Evacuations went into effect at the Marsh…
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