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| One student was killed after a gunman opened fire at a North Carolina high school, with the suspect – believed to be a fellow student – arrested after a brief manhunt. The school shooting is the state’s second this week. | One student was killed after a gunman opened fire at a North Carolina high school, with the suspect – believed to be a fellow student – arrested after a brief manhunt. The school shooting is the state’s second this week. |
| Identified as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr., the student succumbed to his injuries in hospital following the shooting at Mount Tabor High School on Wednesday, Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson said during a press conference. The suspect, who police say was a student at the school, fled the scene but was brought into custody several hours after the shooting. | Identified as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr., the student succumbed to his injuries in hospital following the shooting at Mount Tabor High School on Wednesday, Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson said during a press conference. The suspect, who police say was a student at the school, fled the scene but was brought into custody several hours after the shooting. |
| “The suspect from the shooting at Mt Tabor High School was taken into custody without incident,” the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Wednesday evening. Police could not say whether the suspect had any prior run-ins with the law. Asked if the incident may have been “gang related,” the sheriff said it was too early to speculate about motive. | “The suspect from the shooting at Mt Tabor High School was taken into custody without incident,” the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Wednesday evening. Police could not say whether the suspect had any prior run-ins with the law. Asked if the incident may have been “gang related,” the sheriff said it was too early to speculate about motive. |
| The school campus was placed on lockdown and secured after the incident, as were several other schools in the Winston-Salem area “out of an abundance of caution,” police said. While a “disturbance” was reported near a supermarket about one mile south of Mount Tabor High, authorities said no second shooting occurred and there were no injuries. A local reporter later explained that an individual at the scene had caused panic after stating they heard shots fired, in what turned out to be a false alarm. | The school campus was placed on lockdown and secured after the incident, as were several other schools in the Winston-Salem area “out of an abundance of caution,” police said. While a “disturbance” was reported near a supermarket about one mile south of Mount Tabor High, authorities said no second shooting occurred and there were no injuries. A local reporter later explained that an individual at the scene had caused panic after stating they heard shots fired, in what turned out to be a false alarm. |
| Mount Tabor High is the second school in the state to be marred by gun violence in the space of three days. On Monday, a shooting at New Hanover High School in Wilmington left a student with non-life threatening injuries, seeing a 15-year-old arrested and charged the same day. The shooting reportedly erupted over an argument on campus. | Mount Tabor High is the second school in the state to be marred by gun violence in the space of three days. On Monday, a shooting at New Hanover High School in Wilmington left a student with non-life threatening injuries, seeing a 15-year-old arrested and charged the same day. The shooting reportedly erupted over an argument on campus. |
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