Five people were killed by a gunman who opened fire along a hiking trail in North Carolina’s capital on Thursday and eluded police for hours before he was holed up in a home and arrested, police said. Law enforcement identified the shooting victims Friday. An off-duty police officer was among those killed by the suspect, who police described only as a white, 15-year-old male. The suspect was captured around 9:37 p.m. after eluding capture for hours and hiding inside a home, authorities said. Gunfire erupted around 5 p.m. along the Neuse River Greenway in a residential area northeast of downtown, Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said. Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies swarmed the area, closing roads and warning residents to stay inside while they searched for the shooter. Two people, including another police officer, were also taken to hospitals. “Tonight terror has arrived on our doorstep. Every community’s nightmare has come to Raleigh. This is a senseless horrific and outrageous act of violence that has been committed,” Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters.
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DA to charge 15-year-old shooting suspect as an adult
North Carolina District Attorney Lorin Freeman said Friday she plans to charge the 15-year-old Raleigh mass-murder suspect as an adult. According to information, the suspect is hospitalized in critical condition. Ms Freeman’s office has filed petitions to take the case “to the Supreme Court and proceed against the individual as an adult.” according to NBC News Vishwam Sankaran October 15, 2022 11:30 am 1665824422
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal is calling for gun safety laws
Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who serves as a representative from Washington’s 7th congressional district, called gun violence an “epidemic” in the US after the mass shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina. “Gun violence is an epidemic in this country and we must do more to enact common sense gun safety legislation,” Ms. Jayapal wrote. “My heart breaks for those who lost their lives, their loved ones and another community left to mourn,” he said. Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2022 10:00 1665820800
Rep. Deborah Ross zeroes in on gun violence after shooting
Democratic Congresswoman Deborah Ross of North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District issued a statement protesting gun violence in the US following the mass shooting in Raleigh. The city is in the 2nd division. “How many communities and families must experience this senseless bloodshed before we finally say enough is enough? Gun violence has plagued schools, houses of worship and other public spaces for far too long,” he wrote. “I am devastated that Raleigh is the next in a long line of American communities forever changed by a mass shooting. No American should be forced to endure this kind of unspeakable anguish and sorrow.” Her full comments can be found here. Graig Graziosi 15 October 2022 09:00 1665813600
President Biden addresses the nation after the mass shooting in Raleigh
Joe Biden issued a statement today following the mass shooting that left five people dead in Raleigh, North Carolina. “Jill and I grieve with the families in Raleigh, North Carolina, whose loved ones have been killed and injured in yet another mass shooting in America. We think of yet another community shaken and shattered as it mourns the loss of friends and neighbors, including an off-duty police officer,” Biden said. “As we grieve with the people of Raleigh, we are grateful for the law enforcement and other first responders, including federal law enforcement who were on the scene last night and into this morning.” You can read more of Mr. Biden’s statement — and his call for an assault weapons ban — in Eric Garcia’s story below:
Biden calls for action to end gun violence after North Carolina shooting: ‘Enough’
Biden has called for a ban on assault weapons Graig Graziosi15 October 2022 07:00 1665806346
The Raleigh mass shooting victim was set to get married later this month
Mary Marshall, 35, was less than a month away from her wedding when she was shot and killed by a 15-year-old on Thursday. Mrs. Marshall was to be married on October 29th. She and her fiance had reportedly rented a pair of cabins in the mountains and were preparing to decorate them with pumpkins for a Halloween-themed wedding. NBC News reports that friends from across the country — and one from overseas — planned to attend the wedding. “She has a friend coming from Japan, someone from Florida, from Texas,” said her sister, Megan McCrickard. “As excited as she was to get married, I know she was more excited to have all the people she loved most in the same place at the same time.” Ms McCrickard said “it would be the most beautiful, autumnal, spooky wedding”. Graig Graziosi15 October 2022 04:59 1665795606
The victims were identified
Raleigh police confirmed that the five people killed in Thursday night’s mass shooting were Nicole Connors, 52, Susan Karnage, 49, Mary Marshall, 35, Gabriel Torres, 29, and a 16-year-old juvenile who authorities have not named. 59-year-old Marcille Gardner was injured and is still recovering in hospital. Casey Joseph Clark, 33, was also injured but was released from the hospital after treatment. ABC11 reports that the suspect, who police describe as a 15-year-old white male, was also injured and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. It is unclear if the injuries were self-inflicted. Read more in Johanna Chisholm’s story in The Independent below:
Raleigh shootings: What we know about the 15-year-old suspect and the five victims who were killed
The suspect was arrested after a manhunt of several hours Graig Graziosi15 October 2022 02:00 1665792006
Raleigh massacre is North Carolina’s deadliest mass shooting this year, report says
As the year begins to draw to a close, the death toll from America’s numbing epidemic of gun violence continues to rise. So far, more than 34,000 people have died in US shootings in 2022, with more than half of those deaths recorded as suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archive website. The same database listed Thursday’s mass shooting in Raleigh as the deadliest of 17 shootings in North Carolina so far this year. “We must stop this senseless violence in America. We must address gun violence. We have a lot to do and tonight we have a lot to mourn,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said at a news conference after Thursday’s mass shooting. Joanna Chisholm15 October 2022 01:0 1665788406
Terror has reached our doorstep,” says the governor after the shooting
Responding to the shooting that left five dead and two wounded in Raleigh, Gov. Roy Cooper called for an end to “senseless violence.” “Tonight terror has arrived on our doorstep. Every community’s nightmare has come to Raleigh. This is a senseless horrific and outrageous act of violence that has been committed,” Mr Cooper told reporters. “We’ve got to stop this mindless violence in America, we’ve got to deal with gun violence,” the mayor said. “We have much to do, and tonight we have much to mourn.” Graig Graziosi 15 October 2022 00:00 1665784806
Investigators in Raleigh were seen removing evidence from the home
Local reports from Raleigh indicate that police are removing evidence from a home on the street where Thursday’s mass shooting began. Five people were killed in the attack and two others were injured. It is unclear if the home is that of the 15-year-old suspected shooter. Graig Graziosi14 October 2022 23:00 1665776995
Knightdale High School’s statement to families after 16-year-old James Thompson’s death in Raleigh mass shooting
Knightdale High School Principal Keith Richardson issued a statement Friday to parents, announcing that one of the school’s students, 16-year-old James Thompson, had been killed in the mass shooting that left five dead. “This is an incredibly difficult time for our school community as well as the greater Raleigh community. We have learned that James Thompson Jr. was killed in yesterday’s tragic shooting on the Neuse River Greenway. It is an unexpected loss and we are saddened,” Mr Richardson wrote. “Our condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to James’ family, the other victims, their families and everyone affected by yesterday’s events.” You can read his entire statement here. Graig Graziosi 14 October 2022 20:49
