Five, including a police officer, killed in North Carolina shooting: Mayor | World news
A North Carolina mayor announced that five people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting in a residential area.
Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin told reporters that several people were shot on the Neuse River Greenway around 5 p.m., and the police department told her around 8 p.m. that a suspect was “located” at a residence in the area. .
Dozens of police vehicles and ambulances have been in the Hedingham area since mid-afternoon, and officers have been on the scene for hours during an apparent search. The details of what happened were not yet known in the early evening.
“State and local leaders are on the ground and working to stop the shooter and keep people safe,” Gov. Roy Cooper tweeted shortly before 7 p.m.
Earlier, WakeMed hospital spokeswoman Deb Laughery said at least four people connected to the shooting were being treated at the hospital, but no other information was immediately available.
Police have closed several streets in the area, and many law enforcement vehicles can be seen parked both on the street and in the alleys of two-story buildings. The neighborhood borders the Neuse River Greenway, and is 9 miles (14 km) from downtown Raleigh.
The Raleigh Police Department said it was “on the scene of an active shooter” in a statement via Twitter, and urged residents in several neighborhoods to stay home.
Brooke Medina was driving home around 5:15 pm when she saw about a dozen police cars, both marked and unmarked, speeding toward her neighborhood as she pulled off the road. Then he saw ambulances rushing in the other direction, to the nearest hospital.
She and her husband, who work from home with their four children, began reaching out to their neighbors and found that there were many shelters.
The family closed all their window blinds, locked the doors and gathered in an upstairs room together, said Medina, who works as vice president of communications at the think tank. The family listened to the police scanner and watched the local news before heading back downstairs once the danger seemed to have moved closer to their home.
“We’ll just hunt for the rest of the night and be very careful. Keep all the lights on, doors locked,” he said.
He describes Hedingham as a sprawling, dense, tree-lined neighborhood full of single-family homes, two-story homes and townhouses that are relatively more expensive compared to other parts of the city. Raleigh area.
Medina said he often takes his kids on bikes along the greenway during the day, but always brings pepper spray at some point.
“There are so many places one can disappear,” he said.
