Another incident of gun violence in North Carolina kills five, police arrests a 15-year-old boy

North Carolina witnessed another incident of gun violence in which a 15-year-old boy shot and killed five people. The gunman is in a critical condition in hospital. Police have not disclosed the identity of the boy. He is alleged to have fatally shot two people in the state's capital city of Raleigh. Later he opened fire on a walking trail, killed three more people, and wounded two others. Those killed included people of different ages an off-duty police officer. Another police officer was also injured but has been released. Raleigh police Chief Estella Patterson said the victims were a racially diverse group, and the motive for the shooting is yet to be established. The police officers cornered the suspect inside a house and arrested him. North Carolina shooting: Boy, 15, arrested after five killed in 'infuriating and tragic act of gun violence'. Governor Roy Cooper described the attack an "infuriating and tragic act of gun violence."

President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden are grieving with victims' families. He also said that his administration is working with Mr Cooper to help local authorities with their investigation. This incident in Raleigh is the latest in a violent week across America, with another five people killed in a shooting in South Carolina on Sunday. On Wednesday night, two police officers were fatally shot in Connecticut. Incidentally, in this week gunmen have targeted police officers in Greenville, Mississippi; Decatur, Illinois; Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and central Florida. Two of them, one in Greenville and one in Las Vegas, died. The latest violence was the 25th mass killing in 2022 involving fatal shootings. This is as per the database of Northeastern University Mass Killings. The definition of mass killing is one when four or more people are killed, excluding the perpetrator.

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