Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Police in Raleigh, N.C., said they apprehended a suspect Thursday night following a shooting in the city that left five people dead and two others wounded.
The Raleigh Police Department said the arrest occurred at 9:37 p.m. with Lt. Jason Borneo late Thursday identifying the suspect as a White juvenile male.
Circumstances surrounding the arrest were not readily available, but Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said amid the active-shooter situation that police had the suspect "contained" in a residence, and that Raleigh officers were being assisted by other local and state law enforcement agencies.
Officials and authorities said the shooting began just after 5 p.m. in the area of the Neuse River Greenway Trail near Osprey Cove Drive and Bay Harbor Drive.
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The mayor confirmed that five people were killed in the shooting, including an off-duty Raleigh police officer.
Two others, including a Raleigh K-9 police officer, were shot and transported to local hospitals.
Borneo said the wounded officer has since been treated and released while the second wounded person was in critical condition.
"Tonight, terror has reached our doorstep," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said during the late Thursday press conference. "The nightmare of every community has come to Raleigh."
Cooper had tweeted earlier in the night that he had spoken with Baldwin and had instructed state law enforcement to provide assistance, while the Charlotte Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it was also responding to the shooting.
During the active-shooter situation, Raleigh police had instructed residents in the area of Hedingham neighborhood to remain indoors.
An emotional Baldwin instructed those watching the press conference to "reach out to those you love, let people know you care."
"We, as a community, need to come together to be there for those who need us now," she said. "And we must do more.
"We must stop this mindless violence in America. We must address gun violence," she said. "We have much to do, and tonight we have much to mourn."
The Gun Violence Archive said the slain Raleigh police officer is the 60th to killed by gunfire this year.
