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
with lester holt good evening americans feeling the heat tonight in ways and places they maybe never have where they live as high temperature records are expected to fall across much of the country. it is where we begin tonight. 38 million people across 20 states from california to the mississippi river right now living under heat alerts. record highs in the forecast today from cheyenne, wyoming where the forecast high is 99 to dallas/ft. worth airport which could reach 109. between now and wednesday nearly three dozen new record highs could be set the heat wave working its way to the east tonight, leaving the most vulnerable in its path at considerable risk experts are warning it is not summer as usual but rather another global gut check moment from a changing climate just as we face new obstacles in dealing with it. we ll get to that and the forecast from our team standing by in just a moment. let s start with miguel almaguer. reporter: shattering records and threatenin
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quickly, moved in on that classroom, would lives have been saved? is anyone really dealing with that question reporter: the report does address it specifically, lester, and says it is plausible that some of the victims could have survived if help had just arrived sooner. right now some families are before the school board for about a 45-minute space in what is expected to be emotionally charged as they hold up signs with their kids faces on it and calls for accountability thank you. at an indiana shopping mall three people were killed and two injured before a man being called a good samaritan with a gun brought down the shooter. here s maggie vespa with that. police! how many people are in there? reporter: another american mass shooting with a rare twist. after authorities near indianapolis say a good samaritan, armed with a handgun, shot the gunman and ended the chaos. many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible, armed citizen. reporter: investi