Terrified witnesses who called 911 during a mass shooting have described the horror of the attack which killed five last week.
Distressed callers in Raleigh, North Carolina, spoke of chilling scenes of bleeding bodies lying on the ground, screams and gunshots ringing out in a quiet neighbourhood.
Recordings of the calls released by Raleigh police captured the fear and horror that gripped the streets of the city's Hedingham neighbourhood on Thursday.
Authorities said a 15-year-old male suspect shot and killed five people, and was only apprehended after an hours-long manhunt.
"There is a lady, unconscious along the trail," one 911 caller told the operator in an increasingly distraught voice.
"Oh my God... She is bleeding."
Another caller said he heard multiple gunshots and people screaming outside of his home.
Some callers spoke in hushed voices, hiding inside their homes as the shooting unfolded.
"I got one male down," one man frantically told the 911 operator.
He later identified the victim as an off-duty Raleigh police officer and said the man was shot in the chest.
After he was apprehended by police near the Neuse River Greenway, a local walking and biking trail, the suspect was taken to a North Carolina hospital were he was in critical condition, Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson said during a news conference on Friday.
Authorities did not say what might have motivated the alleged shooter to open fire in the neighbourhood and on the trail where people were jogging and riding their bikes.
The shooting spree began at 5pm (8pm BST) on the streets of the middle-class neighbourhood, where residents were told to remain in their homes for hours as police conducted a massive search.
Officials said the shootings rattled residents throughout the state capital, a city of about 500,000 people known as a centre for high-tech research.
Three women - ages 52, 49 and 35 - and a 16-year-old boy were among those killed.
A 29-year-old officer who died in the shooting was identified as Gabriel Torres, who had been headed to work when the incident unfolded, according to Chief Patterson.
Two people were wounded: a police officer who was treated and released, and a 59-year-old woman who was hospitalised in critical condition, she added.
An eyewitness told WRAL they saw the shooter dressed in camouflage clothing with a backpack and black boots.
They said: "He looked like a baby. I just don't even have the words to explain. This is not OK."
The shooting started on Sahalee Way before the gunman fled towards the trail, where he shot some of the victims.
He then retreated to a barn before being cornered.
It is so far unclear whether the suspect's injuries were self-inflicted or whether he was shot by the police.
