Police identify victims of U.S. Raleigh shooting, suspected gunman in custody

Washington [US], October 15: Police on Friday identified five victims of the Raleigh shooting in the U.S. state of North Carolina, as a suspect is in custody with life-threatening injuries.
The deceased victims, aged between 16 and 53, include off-duty Raleigh police officer Gabriel Torres, according to the city's police chief Estella Patterson.
"This is an extremely, extremely painful event for our officers, for me, for this entire community," Patterson told reporters.
The suspect, described as a 15-year-old White male, was taken into custody on Thursday night and is said to have been in critical condition.
More details about the identity of the shooter have not been released due to his age.
The mass shooting occurred in a residential neighborhood in Raleigh on Thursday evening, in which two other people were also wounded, including one critically.
Investigation remained active as of Friday morning.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on Friday that "no community should feel the pain of gun violence."
"We're sad, furious and have many questions that'll soon be answered," Cooper continued. "We're standing with the victims and their families in this moment of unspeakable agony."
Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin echoed the sentiment, saying that "we must work to stop this mindless gun violence in our country."
Gun violence has led to nearly 35,000 deaths across the United States so far this year, according to the latest data from Gun Violence Archive.
Source: Xinhua