NC - Officer, several others dead at Raleigh active shooting scene, 13 Oct 2022 *suspect is a minor*

[IceIce9]

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra
@aaronsguerra
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Mayor
@maryannbaldwin
says that Raleigh police confirms 5 fatalities, including an off-duty Raleigh police officer. Two others hospitalized, a Raleigh K-9 officer without life-threatening injuries. At around 8pm, police 'contained' a suspect.
@newsobserver

 

[UnapologeticallyAspie]

What a horrible situation for so many! It’s very, very sad.

I’m praying for EVERYONE who has been negatively affected by this.

 

[worm]

i live in a "nice" area of charlotte, nc - but i don't feel as safe as i should, when alone in my small yard.

I’m out in the sticks on the SC side but I’m often shocked when I read the daily news over there.

 

[PromotedPawn]

This is too much. No words right now.

 

[sallye818]

The young shooter has been captured...but by the sounds of it, I don't think he's gonna live.

 

[PromotedPawn]

Maybe some good news in MSM now?

 

[PromotedPawn]

The young shooter has been captured...but by the sounds of it, I don't think he's gonna live.

I saw, I just was too lazy to find a link lol

 

[worm]

I need to look up stats on crime and hiking/bike trails as it seems none are safe.

 

[TGIRecovered]

I'm seeing nothing about the identity of the shooter or how this unfolded. Just that he is so young. How did this happen?

 

[worm]

I'm seeing nothing about the identity of the shooter or how this unfolded. Just that he is so young. How did this happen?

I’ve been under the impression it is a young person so perhaps a minor? LE would be tight lips with that unless they are cleared to be charged as an adult.

 

[Snoopster]

I'm seeing nothing about the identity of the shooter or how this unfolded. Just that he is so young. How did this happen?

How did this young person gain access to a gun?
My thoughts are with everyone in the community.

 

[sallye818]

PC going on now 10:45 pm.

Mayor of Raleigh speaking. Thanking officers and speaking about ending gun violence.

Gov. Cooper of NC speaking. Called shootings a "senseless act of violence". All state resources have been available to Raleigh. LE officers ran to the crisis to protect the city. Asking for prayers for the victims, their families, and communities.

Lt. Borneo of RPD: 9:37 pm suspect taken into custody, white male juvenile. Injured LEO has been released from hospital. Other injured victim in critical condition. Appreciate support of community. Reminder that this is an active investigation. Next update 8:30 am Friday morning. No updates on 5 fatalities. No active threat to the community currently. (My note: no info on health of suspect)

 

[worm]

How did this young person gain access to a gun?
My thoughts are with everyone in the community.

It’s not uncommon for teens or even younger to learn about shooting or to be gifted rifles or small shotguns. I was ten when I started but it was well established that there was to be no nonsense or misuse with a firearm.

 

[MimosaMornings]

i live in a "nice" area of charlotte, nc - but i don't feel as safe as i should, when alone in my small yard.

Heck, a fight or argument that started in Freedom Park can continue out into the streets of Myers Park. Maybe safer in gated communities. IDK

 

[airportwoman]

From what little information I have, I wonder if this was a domestic issue, or some other situation where the shooter and the victims, or at least most of them, knew each other. The TV footage I've seen all showed a residential area.

 

[cujenn81]

I listened to some of the radio scanner traffic today as events unfolded. Only seconds after I started listening, LE was yelling that an officer was down (in reference to the K9 officer who was shot in the leg). I think that was around 6 pm.

It was a chaotic and stressful situation for those officers, but LE did a great job managing everything. It wasn’t long before they had the gunman cornered. At one point they attempted to confirm his location with a drone, but it malfunctioned and went down. They did manage to remove his backpack AND apprehend him using some type of bomb robot, though! (LE thought he had — or he did have — some type of grenade in his possession.)

 

[m1dnightr1der]

What is going on in NC this year? What is this?! Sick sick people

 

[happy128]

I believe the next press conference will be at 8:30 this morning.

Raleigh police search home related to mass shooting, press conference being held Friday morning

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Raleigh mass shooting suspect was taken into custody with life-threatening injuries, according to a memo from Department of Homeland Security. It is unknown if the suspect's injuries are self-inflicted.

 

[Elley Mae]

The suspected gunman, who is a juvenile male, was finally taken into custody at Old Milburnie Road and McConnell Oliver Drive just after 9:30 p.m.

Raleigh police search home related to mass shooting, press conference being held Friday morning

Raleigh police are expected to provide an update Friday morning on the mass shooting that killed five people, injured three others.

abc11.com

 

[Elley Mae]

A woman who arrived in the neighborhood just moments before the initial shooting said she saw the shooter herself.
"He had to be between 13 and 16 max -- he was a child," she said.
WRAL News spoke to another witness who said he saw the shooter outside his back window just moments after he heard gunshots.
The man said he saw a woman running down the greenway trail in the same area just before he heard shots.

'We're all hurting:' East Raleigh residents on edge after mass shooting

The City of Raleigh announced that the Neuse River greenway between Buffaloe Road and Anderson Point Park will remain closed until further notice as police investigate a mass shooting that took place in part along the trail.

www.wral.com

"I heard two gun shots," he said. "They were really loud so I knew something was close by. Then I heard three other gunshots. I saw him basically past by house in the backyard. He had a long-barrel shotgun, he was dressed in camouflage, and he had a full backpack on that was also camouflaged."