North Carolina police are telling residents to remain inside as they respond to an ‘active shooting’
By Sarah Rumpf , Adam Sabes | Fox News
Police officers were seen with their guns drawn passing in front of a house in an east Raleigh, North Carolina neighborhood.
Five people are dead and two others are injured after a shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday afternoon.
Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said during a press conference that five people are dead as a result of the shooting, adding a Raleigh Police Department officer, who was off-duty, is among those killed.
Baldwin said that two other people are in the hospital, and one of them is a K-9 officer. She said that the suspect is “contained.”
She said that the Raleigh Police Department responded to the scene shortly after 5 p.m. in the area of the Neuse River Greenway.
A representative from WakeMed hospital in Raleigh told Fox News Digital that it has received four patients from the incident.
Police in Raleigh tweeted just before 6 p.m. that it was responding to an active shooting on Thursday and were telling residents to “remain in their homes” if they are near Osprey Cove Drive and Bay Harbor Drive.
“We need to support those in our community who have suffered a terrible loss, a loss of a loved one. We need to support the family of the police officer who was killed and also the police officer who was shot. It’s a tragic day because Raleigh police have lost one of its own. I just want to thank the extraordinary officers of the Raleigh Police Department, who even now, right now, are protecting us and putting themselves in harm’s way to arrest the suspect,” Baldwin said during the press conference.
Baldwin also said that “we must do more” in relation to gun violence.
“We must stop this mindless violence in America. We must address gun violence. We have much to do. And tonight we have much to mourn,” Baldwin said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to North Carolina authorities.
A spokesperson for the Raleigh Police Department told Fox News Digital that it doesn’t have a suspect in custody.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said that law enforcement is working to stop the shooter.
“I have spoken with Mayor Baldwin and instructed state law enforcement to provide assistance responding to the active shooter in East Raleigh. State and local officers are on the ground and working to stop the shooter and keep people safe,” Cooper said.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told Fox News Digital that its agents are headed to the scene of the incident.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Sarah Rumpf is a Fox News Digital Production Assistant. You can reach her on Twitter at @rumpfsarahc