Five people were killed and two more were wounded when a juvenile suspect allegedly opened fire in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Police and other emergency services responded to an active shooting situation in an east Raleigh, North Carolina neighborhood on Thursday, October 13; police are asking those in the area to remain in their homes., officials held a press conference early Friday after an alleged juvenile gunman shot and killed five people, including an off-duty police officer, and wounded two more.
The gunman, a 15-year-old boy, opened fire near the Neuse River Greenway area in Raleigh just after 5 p.m., officials previously said. He was taken into custody about three hours later after he was allegedly"contained" inside a nearby home. The crime scene spanned"over two miles," Raleigh Chief of Police Estella D. Patterson said.
Patterson identified the deceased off-duty police officer as 29-year-old Gabriel Torres, who was on his way to work at the time. She said other victims include a 16-year-old boy, 52-year-old Nicole Conners, 49-year-old Susan Karnatz and 35-year-old Mary Marshall. Two more victims were wounded but survived. They have been identified as a second Raleigh police officer, who has since been released from the hospital, and Marcille Lynn Garnder, who was shot just days before her 60th birthday, and remains in critical condition. The
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