Pupil killed in North Carolina's 2nd school shooting this week, suspected in custody

A student was killed after a perpetrator opened fire on a high school in North Carolina, where the suspect - believed to be a fellow student - was arrested after a brief chase. The school shooting is the state’s second this week.

Identified as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr., the student succumbed to his injuries at the hospital after 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 arrested several hours after the shooting.

“The suspect from the shooting at Mt Tabor High School was arrested without incident," it sounded in the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office in one announcement Wednesday evening. Police could not say whether the suspect had previous collisions with the law. Asked if the incident may have been “Gang Related” the sheriff said it was too early to speculate on the motive.

Parents of students at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, NC, are waiting outside the school for updates on their children. Winston-Salem police confirmed there has been a shooting. One student is injured. Police are still searching for the suspect. pic.twitter.com/ugdqOaMjcl

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The school campus was put on lockdown and secured after the incident, as were several other schools in the Winston-Salem area. “Of an abundance of caution” said police. Mens en “disturbance” was reported near a supermarket about a mile south of Mount Tabor High, authorities said there was no further shooting and no injuries. A local reporter later explained that a person at the scene had caused panic after stating that 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 destroyed by gun violence in three days. On Monday, a shooting at New Hanover High School in Wilmington left a student with life-threatening injuries and then a 15-year-old arrested and charged the same day. The shooting allegedly broke out over an argument on campus.

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