A suspect was arrested Thursday in Raleigh, in the southeastern United States, after the shooting of five people, including an off-duty police officer, authorities in this city said.
The shooter also injured several people, including one seriously, including a police officer from a dog team. The vital prognosis of the latter, however, is not committed, indicated the mayor of the municipality, Mary-Ann Baldwin, deploring a “sad and tragic day”.
The first shots rang out shortly after 5 p.m. on a footpath in this city of nearly 500,000, the capital of North Carolina. A large contingent of security forces was then deployed to find the perpetrator, local media reported.
“He had a long-barreled shotgun and was dressed in camouflage”
“I saw him pass in front of my house, in the garden. He had a long-barreled shotgun and was dressed in camouflage, “Robert, a witness who declined to be named, told local channel WRAL.
During an evening press conference, Mary-Ann Baldwin explained that “at around 8pm, the Raleigh police (had) indicated that they had surrounded a suspect at a residence in the area.”
“The suspect was arrested,” the city police tweeted shortly after. He is a “young white man” according to Lt. Jason Borneo.
“Tonight, terror knocked on our door,” state governor Roy Cooper said at a news conference. “The nightmare of every population has arrived in Raleigh. It is a senseless, horrible and irritating act of violence that has been committed. “
The shootings regularly mourn the United States, which pays dearly for the spread of firearms on its territory and the ease with which Americans have access to them.
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Faced with this scourge, “we must do more”, the mayor of the capital of North Carolina was visibly upset. “We must end this unbridled violence in America. We need to respond to gun violence. Our task is immense. And tonight our mourning is immense. “
