Police have arrested a white male juvenile as a suspect following a shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina that resulted in the deaths of five people, according to reports.
The shooter opened fire along a walking trail in the capital city on Thursday and evaded police for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested.
The suspect was arrested around 9:37 p.m. but police have not released his identity and age yet. Authorities have said that the suspect is a white male juvenile and have not identified further.
One of the victims of the shooting included an off-duty police officer. Raleigh mayor Marry-Ann Baldwin held a press conference following the incident and gave preliminary details.
She said gunfire broke out around 5pm, along the Neuse River Greenway in a residential area northeast of downtown.
“Today has been a very difficult day in our city, you pray that something like this will never happen here, it did,” she said in the press conference.
“We have to end this mindless gun violence that is happening in our country.
“We have work to do but there are too many victims, we have to wake up.”
Newsweek has contacted the Raleigh Police Department for comment.
This is an ongoing story.
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