The manhunt that followed the attacks by the suspect, who according to WTVD, part of the ABC News network, is a white teenager armed with a rifle, paralyzed parts of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.
The suspect in the Raleigh, North Carolina, shooting that left five dead is a 15-year-old teenager, police said, adding that he is in critical condition.
A young man killed five people, including an off-duty police officer, in the city of Raleigh, in North Carolina (southeast), Mayor Mary-Anne Baldwin announced yesterday Thursday night (in the early hours of this morning Greek time).
There are also injured, the mayor emphasized during an emergency press conference. Local police then announced via Twitter that a suspect was in custody.
“At approximately 8:00 p.m. (local time; approximately 03:00 Greek time), Raleigh police reported that they surrounded a suspect at a residence in the area,” Ms. Baldwin said, referring to the “sad and tragic day » that her city lived.
Among the injured — the authorities did not specify their number — is another police officer, according to the mayor.
The manhunt that followed the attacks by the suspect, who according to WTVD, part of the ABC News network, is a white teenager armed with a rifle, paralyzed parts of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.
“We must put an end to this senseless violence in America,” Ms. Baldwin said.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said he had spoken with the mayor and ordered state police forces to be deployed to help.
The US is paying a very heavy price for the proliferation of firearms on its soil and the characteristic ease with which Americans can access them.
Firearms cause an average of about 40,000 deaths a year in the US, including suicides, according to the specialist website Gun Violence Archive. Some 49,000 people were killed in 2021, compared to 45,000 in 2020, a year that had already set a tragic record.
These numbers translate to around 130 deaths per day from bullets. This year, as of earlier this week, there had already been nearly 35,000 deaths from all causes, according to the same source.
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