15 years old and seriously injured: What is known about the attacker who triggered the shooting in North Carolina?

On Thursday, the quiet neighborhood of Hedingham, in the city of Raleigh, North Carolinarecorded the deadliest shooting in that state so far this year.

LOOK: Five dead, including a police officer, in a shooting in Raleigh in the US.

The first shots were heard around 5:00 pm About an hour later, the local police called on the neighbors to stay in their houses.

It took about four hours for the police to get the situation under control.which became known with a notice posted on his Twitter account at 8:37 pm and that the suspect was in custody.

The suspect is now in custody.

— Raleigh Police (@raleighpolice) October 14, 2022

The balance of victims would arrive shortly after. In total, 5 people died from the attack. These were: Nicole Connors, 52 years old; Susan Karnatz, 49; Mary Marshall, 35; a 16-year-old and Gabriel Torres, a 29-year-old police officer who was off duty.

On the other hand, The Washington Post reported that 4 people had been taken to a nearby hospital.

THE ATTACKER

Among the injured was the possible attacker, according to Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson.

The suspect, Patterson detailed, is found in “Serious condition”remains under police supervision and the motivations that triggered the shooting are unknown.

The police chief also indicated that the suspect was a 15-year-old white teenager. The identity of the alleged attacker was kept confidential.

The attack would have started when the suspect shot two people who were in Hedingham to then move to a nearby path, next to the Neuse River, where he fired again, killing three other people and wounding two more.

At a press conference, the police explained that the suspect was wearing camouflage clothing and, according to a witness, carried a double barrel shotgun.

“I saw him pass in front of my house, in the garden. He had a long-barreled hunting rifle and was dressed in camouflage.”, narrated a witness who preferred not to be identified to the local chain WRAL.

A NATIONAL PROBLEM

“Tonight, terror has come to our door. Every community’s nightmare has come to Raleigh”, the governor of North Carolina, Democrat Roy Cooper, told the media about it.

It should be noted that The Raleigh shooting is the latest in a series of such violent episodes that have ravaged To united states during the week. Among them are the shootings in South Carolina and Connecticut recorded on Sunday, and various attacks with weapons on police officers in Mississippi, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Nevada, Univisión detailed.

According to the organization dedicated to monitoring events of this type, Gun Violence Archive, so far in 2022 there have been 532 mass shootings in the United States. This classification refers to events in which 4 or more people, not including the assailant, are killed or injured.

According to the same source, the Raleigh It was the deadliest shooting of the 17 recorded in North Carolina. so far this year.

Source: Elcomercio

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