Five dead, including police officer, in North Carolina shooting
Five people were killed by a shooter who opened fire along a walking trail in North Carolina’s capital city on Thursday and eluded police for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested, police said.
Law enforcement officials identified the victims of the shooting on Friday. An off-duty police officer was among those killed by the suspect, whom police only described as a white, 15-year-old male.
The suspect was arrested around 9.37pm after evading capture for hours and hiding inside a home, authorities said.
Gunfire broke out around 5pm, along the Neuse River Greenway in a residential area northeast of downtown, Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said.
Officers from numerous 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 reached our doorstep. The nightmare of every community has come to Raleigh. This is a senseless horrific and infuriating act of violence that has been committed,” governor Roy Cooper told reporters.
1665806346Raleigh mass shooting victim was set to be married later this monthMary Marshall, 35, was less than a month away from her wedding when she was shot and killed by a 15-year-old on Thursday.
Ms Marshall was to be married on 29 October. Her 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 all over the country — and one from overseas — were planning to attend the wedding.
“She’s got a friend coming from Japan, somebody coming from Florida, from Texas,” her sister, Meghan McCrickard told the outlet. “As excited as she was to be married, I know she was more excited to have all the people she loved the most at the same place at the same time.”
Ms McCrickard said “it was going to be the most beautiful, fall, spooky wedding.”
Graig Graziosi15 October 2022 04:59
1665795606Victims identifiedRaleigh police confirmed that the five people killed during a mass shooting on Thursday evening as Nicole Connors, 52, Susan Karnatz, 49, Mary Marshall, 35, Gabriel Torres, 29, and a 16-year-old minor who authorities did not name.
Marcille Gardner, 59 was wounded and is still recovering in the hospital. Casey Joseph Clark, 33, was also wounded but was released from a hospital after receiving treatment.
ABC11 reports that the suspect, who police describe as a 15-year-old white male, was also injured and transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries. It is unclear if the injuries were self-inflicted.
Read more in Johanna Chisholm’s story at The Independent below:
Graig Graziosi15 October 2022 02:00
1665792006Raleigh massacre is the deadliest mass shooting in North Carolina this year, report saysAs the year begins to draw to a close, the death tally for the numbing gun violence epidemic in America continues to grow.
So far, more than 34,000 people have died in shootings in the US in 2022, with more than half of those deaths being recorded as suicide, according to the Gun Violence Archive website.
That same database recorded the mass shooting in Raleigh on Thursday as the deadliest of 17 shootings in North Carolina so far this year.
“We must stop this mindless violence in America. We must address gun violence. We have much to do, and tonight we have much to mourn,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said at a press conference after the mass slaughter on Thursday.
Joanna Chisholm15 October 2022 01:00
1665788406Terror has reached our doorstep’, says governor after shootingReacting to the shooting that left five dead and two injured in Raleigh, governor Roy Cooper called for an end to “mindless violence”.
“Tonight terror has reached our doorstep. The nightmare of every community has come to Raleigh. This is a senseless horrific and infuriating act of violence that has been committed,” Mr Cooper told reporters.
“We must stop this mindless violence in America, we must address gun violence,” the mayor said. “We have much to do, and tonight we have much to mourn.”
Graig Graziosi15 October 2022 00:00
1665784806Investigators in Raleigh seen removing evidence from home Local reports from Raleigh show police removing evidence from a house on the street where Thursday’s mass shooting began. Five people were killed in the attack and two others were wounded.
It is unclear if the home is that of the 15-year-old suspected shooter.
Graig Graziosi14 October 2022 23:00
1665776995Knightdale High School’s statement to families following the death of 16-year-old James Thompson in Raleigh mass shootingKnightdale High School Principal Keith Richardson issued a statement Friday to parents announcing that one of the school’s students, 16-year-old James Thompson, was killed in the mass shooting that left five dead.
“This is an incredibly difficult time for our school community as well as the broader Raleigh community. We have learned that junior James Thompson was killed in yesterday’s tragic shooting on the Neuse River Greenway. It is an unexpected loss and we are saddened by it,” Mr Richardson wrote. “Our condolences, thoughts, and prayers go out to James’ family, the other victims, their families and all who have been impacted by yesterday’s events.”
His full statement can be read here.
Graig Graziosi14 October 2022 20:49
1665775274Raleigh police department thanks the public for support after mass shooting leaves five deadThe Raleigh Police Department expressed its gratitude to the public in a social media post Thursday a day after one of its officers was killed and another was wounded during a mass shooting that left five people dead.
Graig Graziosi14 October 2022 20:21
1665774006Photo of Raleigh mass shooting victim and Raleigh police officer Gabriel Torres with his family emergeGabriel Torres, 29, was on his way to work at the Raleigh Police Department when he was killed Thursday by a 15-year-old mass shooting.
The department said during a press conference that Mr Torres was off duty but was headed to work when he was shot.
Graig Graziosi14 October 2022 20:00
1665772963Raleigh mass shooting victim was set to be married later this monthMary Marshall, 35, was less than a month away from her wedding when she was shot and killed by a 15-year-old on Thursday.
Ms Marshall was to be married on 29 October. Her 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 all over the country — and one from overseas — were planning to attend the wedding.
“She’s got a friend coming from Japan, somebody coming from Florida, from Texas,” her sister, Meghan McCrickard told the outlet. “As excited as she was to be married, I know she was more excited to have all the people she loved the most at the same place at the same time.”
Ms McCrickard said “it was going to be the most beautiful, fall, spooky wedding.”
Graig Graziosi14 October 2022 19:42
1665770617Raleigh shooting victim’s husband remembers wife in poemThomas Karnatz, 52, remembered his wife Susan, 49, in a poem he posted to social media.
A poem written by Tom Karnatz for his wife, Susan, who was killed in a mass shooting in Raleigh
(Facebook/Tom Karnatz)
Graig Graziosi14 October 2022 19:03
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