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US Shooting: Five Killed In The State Of North Carolina Including An Off-Duty Cop

'This is a sad and tragic day for the city of Raleigh. Just after 5:00 pm today, multiple people were shot,' Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin told a press conference.

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Shooting in the southern US state of North Carolina left five people, including an off-duty police officer dead on Thursday, the local mayor told journalists.

"This is a sad and tragic day for the city of Raleigh. Just after 5:00 pm today, multiple people were shot," Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin told a press conference.

The Raleigh Police Department "has confirmed five fatalities. One of them was an off-duty Raleigh Police officer," she said, adding that the shooter had been "contained."