Washington: Atleast five people died including an off duty police officer in a shooting in Raleigh in North Carolina on Thursday. The South East US official said that the suspect killer has been captured.

Speaking to the media persons Raleigh Mayor Mary Ann Baldwin said in a press conference that the shooting occurred near the Neuse River Greenway, a popular trail in the area. This is a sad and tragic day for the city of Raleigh. Just after 5:00 pm today, multiple people were shot, she said.

Among the wounded was a canine officer who had been taken to the hospital but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, she said. The North Carolina shooting occurred after a jury earlier in the day rejected the death penalty and backed life imprisonment for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school in 2018.