and remembering the actor who brought a beloved harry potter character to life announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, we are going to begin with the tragic and frightening story that was breaking in north carolina as we came on the air here last night. we now know five people died, allegedly at the hands of a teenage shooter who held a raleigh neighborhood in fear, forcing residents to barricade themselves inside their homes north carolina s governor calling it the nightmare of every community. authorities say the alleged shooter left a two-mile trail of victims and crime scenes behind him. tonight, the 15-year-old suspect is being held and is in critical condition after a long standoff with police. the dead include an off-duty police officer and range in age from 16 to 52. two other people were injured. and eye-witnesses are now describing to us their own harrowing encounters with the accused shooter. blayne alexander is in raleigh and has
dangerous experiment. the main purpose of having the sleepover was to try it. an experiment that just might tempt other teens. we know it s entered our high school. why the clues in this mystery could save a life in your family. you have a lot of people watching dateline that need to talk to their kids. welcome to dateline. parents always worry there are so many dangers out in the world a teenager can face. but at a slumber party in your own basement? how could something deadly have found its way there? taken a bright, talented girl. and could it happen in your town, to your child? here s kate snow with one small dose. they re killing our kids and we need to do something about it. reporter: it s a new threat. she was saying, erin, your best friend died, and she kept yelling that over and over. reporter: and these teens found out about it the hard way. it s made out to seem like one of those, you re not really going to see it in your life kind of
the victims and their families. it s not just littleton. we know that lots and lots of places. we been through this too many years, took decades now. as i said just a few months ago, and i said a few months before that, and i said each time we see one of these mass shootings are our thoughts and prayers are not enough. schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. perhaps now america would wake up to the dimensions of this challenge. if can happen in a place like littleton. and we can prevent anything like this from happening again. and now, president biden once again joins his predecessors in what has become a sick ritual of addressing the nation after a horrific mass shooting inside an american school. this was the scene from the white house yesterday. after the latest massacre in texas. american flags were also lowered at federal buildings. military installations and at u.s. embassies around the world. we ll go live to texas in just a momen
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