Five people were killed, one of them a police officer out of duty, in a shooting attack in Raleigh, capital of the US state from North Carolina, on Thursday night (09).1322265613222656In a press statement, Mayor Mary- Ann Baldwin reported that the local police department confirmed the deaths and also that at least two other injured people were hospitalized, including another police officer.13222656
A suspect has been arrested, but further details have not been released. Earlier, the local press had reported that the main suspect would be a man dressed in camouflage uniform and who was carrying a double-barreled shotgun.13222656
“All of us in Raleigh need to unite now. We need to support those in our community who have suffered terrible loss of loved ones. We need to support the family of the officer who was killed and also the family of the officer who was injured,” Baldwin said. “We need to stop this senseless violence in the United States. We need to talk about the problem of gun violence.”
