Five dead, including police officer, in North Carolina shooting

An off-duty police officer was among those killed by the suspect, who police only described as a white, juvenile male.

(Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)

Five people, including a police officer, have been killed in a shooting in a residential area in North Carolina, a local mayor announced.

Raleigh mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin told reporters that multiple people were shot on the Neuse River Greenway around 5pm local time, and that Raleigh Police Department told her around 8pm that the suspect had been “contained” at a residence in the area.