15-year-old arrested after five shot dead in North Carolina

An ambulance rushes down New Bern Avenue after five people were shot and killed in the Hedingham Neighbourhood and Nuese River Trail area in Raleigh (The News & Observer via AP)

A 15-year-old gunman suspected of killing five people in the North Carolina city of Raleigh is in a critical condition in hospital, US police said.

The boy, who has not been named, is alleged to have fatally shot two people in the streets of North Carolina’s capital city, before he fled towards a walking trail where he opened fire again, killing three more people and wounding two others.