US law enforcement reports deadly mass shooting in North Carolina

xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo(Al Jazeera)Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Law enforcement in the US state of North Carolina has reported a fatal mass shooting in the city of Prospect Hill.

“Deputies arriving on scene found multiple people who had been shot. One person was transported to Duke University Hospital with a gunshot wound, and there are multiple other fatalities,” the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement on Wednesday.

“SBI Crime scene investigators are on scene processing evidence and conducting interviews. There is NO THREAT to the general public.”