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At Least 5 Killed in Raleigh as Police Respond to Active Shooter At Least 5 Killed, Including Off-Duty Police Officer, in Raleigh Shooting
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At least five people were shot and killed, including an off-duty Raleigh, N.C., police officer, on Thursday evening in what the police and local authorities described as an ongoing “active shooter” situation. RALEIGH, N.C. — A gunman killed at least five people, including an off-duty police officer, in a shooting that turned a normally quiet residential area of Raleigh, N.C., into a sprawling crime scene on Thursday evening.
At least two others were shot, including a police officer, whose injuries were described as “non-life threatening,” according to Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin. At least two others were wounded, including a police officer, whose injuries were described as “non-life threatening,” according to Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin.
“We have much to do and tonight, we have much to mourn,” Ms. Baldwin said. “All of us in Raleigh need to come together,” Ms. Baldwin said, her voice shaking with emotion. “We need to support those in our community who have suffered a terrible loss, a loss of a loved one.”
The authorities said that the “suspect is contained,” but declined to provide further information. The authorities said late Thursday that the suspect was in custody. They had said earlier in the evening that the suspect had been “contained.”
The Raleigh Police Department asked residents of the Hedingham neighborhood, on the city’s east side, to stay in their homes. The situation drew a large response of officers from multiple law enforcement agencies to the residential area near the Neuse River Greenway, a popular bike trail for Raleigh residents. The situation drew a large response from multiple law enforcement agencies to the residential area near the Neuse River Greenway, a popular bike trail for Raleigh residents. The Raleigh Police Department had asked residents of the Hedingham neighborhood, on the city’s East Side, to stay in their homes.
Gov. Roy Cooper said on Twitter that he had spoken with Raleigh’s mayor and instructed state law enforcement to respond to the active shooter. Earlier in the evening, Gov. Roy Cooper said on Twitter that he had spoken with Raleigh’s mayor and that “state and local officers are on the ground and working to stop the shooter and keep people safe.”
“State and local officers are on the ground and working to stop the shooter and keep people safe,” he said. The attacks threw the neighborhood, full of single-family homes and golf courses, into a virtual lockdown.
The shootings threw a quiet neighborhood, full of single-family homes and golf courses, into a virtual lockdown.
Traffic was at a standstill on Eagle Trace Drive, a normally quiet road with a plant-filled berm in the middle, about a mile and a half from the site. Sirens whined in the distance as the cars inched forward, and police cars with lights flashing nosed through.Traffic was at a standstill on Eagle Trace Drive, a normally quiet road with a plant-filled berm in the middle, about a mile and a half from the site. Sirens whined in the distance as the cars inched forward, and police cars with lights flashing nosed through.
“I’m never going to get home,” Cheryl St. James, a nurse, said as her car inched forward. “I want to get home. I can’t believe this is happening in my neighborhood. It’s scary.” “I’m never going to get home,” Cheryl St. James, a nurse, said as she sat in her car. “I want to get home. I can’t believe this is happening in my neighborhood. It’s scary.”
Ms. Baldwin placed the shooting in the context of mass shootings across the country. “We must stop this mindless violence in America,” she said at a news conference. “We must address gun violence.”Ms. Baldwin placed the shooting in the context of mass shootings across the country. “We must stop this mindless violence in America,” she said at a news conference. “We must address gun violence.”
Emily Cataneo contributed reporting. Anne Berry, 52, who’s lived in the Avington Place neighborhood for over 20 years, said helicopters had intermittently been hovering above her home for more than three hours and that it was “loud enough to feel in your chest when they get close.”
A neighbor recounted to her that when he went to walk his dog, an officer stopped and asked him if he had seen anyone dressed in camouflage and then told him to head back inside, Ms. Berry said.