Thursday shooting in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina left at least five people deadincluding off-duty Police officer, officials in southeastern United States city He added that a suspect had been arrested.
Mary Ann Baldwin, mayor of Raleigh, said the shooting took place near the Neues River Road, a popular road in The area.
“This is a sad and tragic day for The city of Raleigh. After five in the evening, several times people She said at a press conference.
Raleigh police confirmed, “Five were killed. One.” of was one of them off-duty Raleigh Police Officer.
Raleigh Police Lt. Jason Borneo said the shooter, a “white young man”, was taken into custody shortly after 9:30 p.m. in a follow-up Press Conference.
The mayor had previously reported that the shooter had been “contained.” in Accommodation in The areaby the police.
Borneo said one of the victims remained in critical condition.
Among the wounded was a canine officer who He was taken to hospital, although Borneo reports that an injured police officer has been released.
When asked about the motive for The shooting, he said, would likely “pay off.” in Coming days.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who Attending the evening press conference, he told reporters: “Tonight terror We got to our doorstep.”
“The nightmare of All community Arrived in Raleigh. This is a meaningless, horrific, and infuriating act of “.
Gun violence is key problem in United States where more from 34,000 people Die in Shooting so far in 2022 alone, more From half of That was from suicide, according to the Archives of Gun Violence website.
“We have to do more,” Baldwin said at the press conference.
We must stop this senseless violence in America. We must eat gun HNF. We have a lot to do, and tonight we have a lot to mourn.”
The shooting took place in North Carolina after an earlier jury in Today refused death penalty subsidized life imprisonment for Nicholas Cruz, who Shot and killed 17 people In a high school in Florida in 2018.
Time and time again, mass shootings have stunned the nation, reigniting controversy on gun cultural control hot button issue which has made little progress in Congress.
However, several of the most recent gun A commotion, including a school shooting in Texas and a supermarket frequented by African Americans in New York State, caused Especially shocking across the country, prompting lawmakers to agree in June, for The first time in 30 years to pass modest repair of gun Surveillance laws.
It was nearly 400 million guns in Circulation between civilians population in United State in 2017 or 120 rifles for Every 100 people, according to the Small Arms Survey project.
