5 people killed in mass shooting near trail in raleigh, 15-year-old in custody

A 15-year-old is suspected of killing five people, including an off-duty police officer, in a quiet neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina on Thursday. The unnamed teenager was taken into

custody by local and federal law enforcement at approximately 9:37 p.m., according to authorities, after being "contained in a residence in the area," Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann

Baldwin said at a press conference Thursday night. He was later transported via ambulance to a local hospital in critical condition, police said. _WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST CRIME

COVERAGE? SIGN UP FOR __PEOPLE'S FREE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER__ FOR BREAKING CRIME NEWS, ONGOING TRIAL COVERAGE AND DETAILS OF INTRIGUING UNSOLVED CASES._ Early Friday morning, police

identified the victims as Nicole Connors, 52; Susan Karnatz, 49; Mary Marshall, 35; and Gabriel Torres, 29. An unidentified 16-year-old also died. Marcille Gardner, 59, is hospitalized at

Wake Med, as is the suspect, police said. Officer Casey Joseph Clark, 33, was also injured in the shooting, the authorities added, but he was released from the hospital. The mass shooting

began along the Neuse River Greenway trail at approximately 5 p.m. in the east Raleigh neighborhood of Hedingham, according to Raleigh Police. Residents, who were urged by authorities to

stay inside their homes as the shooting unfolded, were left shaken by the event. "I know exactly where he was killing people," Christian Holmes told _The News & Observer_.

"I walk my pitbull right there. I see regulars. My dog knows dogs on that trail. There's dads every quarter mile. "If there's a kid with a gun, he's got a killing

field," he added.