The gunman who has killed five people in North Carolina in America's latest shooting incident is a 15-year-old boy, US officials say
After an hours long standoff in a house, the boy suspect was shot and taken into custody, and is in now in hospital in critical condition.
"The nightmare of every community has come to Raleigh," Governor Roy Cooper said at the same news conference on Friday.Two more people were wounded in the Thursday night shooting, the motive of which remains under investigation, Raleigh police chief Estella Patterson told a news conference in the state capital.
After an hours long standoff in a house, the boy suspect was shot and taken into custody, and is now in hospital in critical condition, police said.READ MORE:Gun violence is an urgently pressing problem in the United States, where more than 34,000 people have been killed by firearms so far in 2022 alone, more than half of them from suicide, according to the Gun Violence Archive website.
Mass shootings have repeatedly stunned the nation, reigniting debate on the divisive issue of gun control - but there has been little headway in Congress.
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