Governor Roy Cooper called the attack an “infuriating and tragic act of gun violence”.<\/p>\n
“Today we’re sad, we’re angry and we want to know the answers to all the questions,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I think we all know the core truth – no neighbour, no parent, no child, no grandparent, no one should feel this fear in these communities – no one.”<\/p>\n
In a statement, President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden are grieving with victims’ families, and his administration is working with Mr Cooper to help local authorities with their investigation.<\/p>\n
“Enough. We’ve grieved and prayed with too many families who have had to bear the terrible burden of these mass shootings,” he said.<\/p>\n
The incident in Raleigh is just the latest in a violent week across America, with another five people killed in a shooting in South Carolina on Sunday.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday night, two police officers were fatally shot in Connecticut after apparently being drawn into an ambush by an emergency call about possible domestic violence.<\/p>\n
Police officers have been shot this week in Greenville, Mississippi; Decatur, Illinois; Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and central Florida.<\/p>\n
Two of those officers, one in Greenville and one in Las Vegas, were killed.<\/p>\n
Thursday’s violence was the 25th mass killing in 2022 in which the victims were fatally shot, according to the Northeastern University Mass Killings database.<\/p>\n
A mass killing is defined as when four or more people are killed, excluding the perpetrator.<\/p>\n
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