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Five people, including a policeman, were killed in a shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
"A gunman opened fire in one of the city's streets, killing five people, one of whom was an off-duty policeman, and wounding several others," the city's mayor, Mary Ann Baldwin, told AFP, noting that the police imposed a security cordon in the city. The scene of the accident, and surrounded the shooter, who is still at large until the moment.
The United States is witness to shootings and other violence related to firearms, the laws of possession and carrying among the most lenient in the world.
According to US official data, about 49,000 people in the United States were shot dead in 2021, compared to 45,000 in 2020, and these two outcomes are the highest ever in the country's history.
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