Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said the teen suspect in the mass shooting deaths of 5 people could be tried as an adult. He remains at a hospital in critical condition.
that left five dead and two others injured, speculation swirls around the juvenile suspect and his possible motives.
Police have confirmed the suspect is a 15-year-old boy. He's at the hospital in critical condition, according to Raleigh police. It's not clear whether he injured himself or was injured when officers took him into custody Thursday evening.RELATED: Raleigh mass shooting: What we know about the victims killed and injured
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said Friday that "based on the mass fatality and the violence here, we do intend to intend to seek charges against him as an adult and to proceed to Superior Court with this case."WTVD reported. "This is the first time we've had this sort of mass shooting in the 25 years I have worked within the criminal justice system, so there's no question for us and the community to know that today, this many people simultaneously woke up without loved ones because of senseless violence," Freeman said. "This is a different kind of case, no doubt about it.
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