A second police officer, Casey Joseph Clark, 33, was also wounded and released from the hospital. Gardner remained hospitalized in critical condition Friday. Marcille Lynn Gardner, 59, was talking to Connors when she was shot. Marshall's sister told NBC News that she was walking her dog, Scruff. Connors' husband told The Associated Press she was on the porch talking to a neighbor when she was killed.
The other victims were Nicole Connors, 52 Mary Marshall, 34 Susan Karnatz, 49 and James Roger Thompson, 16. He was off-duty and heading to work when the shooting began. Police said Officer Gabriel Torres, 29, was among the five killed. The stretch of trail behind the neighborhood is paved and lies down a grassy slope from the houses. The trail runs about 27 miles (43 kilometers) along the river and connects to the state’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail that’s popular with hikers. The Neuse River Greenway, a walking and biking trail, is behind some of the houses. The Hedingham neighborhood is a residential area of single family and town homes. The teen, who was not immediately identified by police, eluded officers for hours - setting off a manhunt across a crime scene that stretched for 2 miles (3 kilometers) - before he was cornered in a home and arrested, Patterson said. Police said from there, the teenager fled to a nearby walking trail and continued shooting. Thursday in a residential area northeast of downtown, Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said. Roy Cooper called the shooting an “infuriating and tragic act of gun violence.” He added: “No neighborhood, no parent, no child, no grandparent, no one should feel this fear in their communities - no one.” Family members and friends said some of the victims were gunned down while doing normal, everyday activities - an off-duty police officer was killed while on his way to work, one of the women who died was on her porch talking to a neighbor, another woman who died was out walking her dog and another was out exercising. The victims were different races and ranged in age from 16 to their late 50s, Patterson said. Patterson said Friday that police haven't determined a motive for the attack. He was hospitalized and in critical condition following his arrest, but authorities have not said how he was injured.
Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson said the teen was captured hours after the victims were gunned down Thursday evening. A 15-year-old boy killed five people and injured two more in a shooting rampage in Raleigh, police said, horrifying a community that is now mourning victims whose lives were cut short as they were going about their daily routines.
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