Five dead, including a police officer, in North Carolina shooting
Five people were killed by a gunman who opened fire along a trail in North Carolina’s capital Thursday and eluded police for hours before he was cornered at a home and arrested, police said.
Law enforcement identified the shooting victims on Friday. An off-duty police officer was among those killed by the suspect, whom police described only as a 15-year-old white male.
The suspect was arrested around 9:37 p.m. after evading capture for hours and hiding inside a home, authorities said.
The gunfire erupted around 5 p.m. 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 as they searched for the shooter.
Two people, including another police officer, were also taken to hospitals.
“Tonight terror has come to our doorstep. Every community’s nightmare has come to Raleigh. This is a senseless and horrifying act of violence that has been committed,” Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters.
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Video Report: 15-year-old kills 5, injures 2 in North Carolina shooting
15-year-old kills 5, injures 2 more in North Carolina shooting
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“We had plans to grow old together. Always together,” says the victim’s husband
The suspect was wearing camouflage clothing and carrying a backpack with a similar pattern, CNN reported.
A pistol and a long gun were later located.
Sue Karnatz, 49, was one of the people killed. She was the mother of three boys: 10, 13 and 14 years old.
“We had plans to grow old together. Always together. Now those plans are being ruined,” her husband posted on social media Friday, according to CNN.
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Suspect hospitalized after police arrest
The shooting suspect was hospitalized after police took him into custody Thursday evening following a standoff.
In a 911 call, a caller said the suspect “walked up and shot” an officer “for no reason,” according to CNN.
Another caller said two of his neighbors had been shot, and another said a “kid running around with a shotgun” had shot an individual and then “ran back into the woods “.
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“We don’t have answers as to why this tragedy happened,” says the police chief
The crime scene in the Raleigh neighborhood of Hedingham spanned more than two miles.
During a news conference Friday, Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson told reporters, “My heart is heavy, because we don’t have answers as to why this tragedy happened,” according to CNN.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has said the plan is to charge the suspect as an adult.
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Witnesses report seeing “long gun”
Witnesses to the shooting have said they saw “a long gun,” but police have not yet released what type of weapon the suspect used or how it was obtained.
“Given the massive number of lives lost, it is appropriate that this case be heard in Superior Court and that this individual be prosecuted as an adult,” Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said, according to WRAL.
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The school, community and aquatic center were locked down and police searched for a suspect
The two injured included a Raleigh police officer, who has been released from the hospital, and Michelle Gardner, 59, who remained in critical condition Friday.
While searching for the teenage suspect, police converged on Beaverdam Elementary School, which was placed on lockdown.
Evacuations went into effect at the Marsh Creek Community Center and the Buffaloe Aquatic Center, according to WRAL.
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The filming went from the neighborhood streets to the river path
After 911 calls reporting the shooting, police closed streets and asked residents to stay inside.
Police spent hours in the Hedingham neighborhood, searching door to door.
A resident told WRAL he saw the shooter out the back window and also saw a woman running around the area.
After finding two injured people on one of the neighborhood streets, police found two dead women on a walking path in the area: the Neuse River Greenway.
“Greenway is still a very active scene in terms of not knowing where the subject is,” a paramedic said at the time, according to WRAL.
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A man finds his wife dead on the porch next to a dog
One of the residents who called authorities told the 911 operator that “I’ve got one. A male below. hispanic This is bad. He is an off-duty officer.”
On Friday, the Raleigh Police Department said Officer Gabriel Torres, 29, had died.
Tracey Howard discovered his wife Nicole Conners dead on their front porch next to their dog Sami, WRAL reported.
Mary Marshall was out with her dog when she called her fiance to tell him to come home because she was scared. The local media noted that it was their last conversation.
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The shooting started in the golf course community, police chief says
Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson said the mass shooting began on the streets of the Hedingham subdivision east of downtown in the state capital.
According to WRAL, the area is a residential and golf course community near the Neuse River and its boardwalk.
Residents of Osprey Cove Drive began calling emergency services shortly after 5 p.m. They told 911 dispatchers they heard gunshots, saw a man in camouflage and discovered neighbors seriously injured or killed.
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Raleigh author asks grocery stores for stacks of gun magazines
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