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18-year-old to plead guilty to North Carolina shooting that left 5 dead, lawyers say
Austin Thompson, 18, plans to plead guilty to all charges from a 2022 mass shooting that killed five and wounded two in Raleigh, aiming to spare families a trial, attorneys said.
- On Tuesday, a written notice in Wake County court said Austin Thompson, defendant , intends to plead guilty to all charges, filed one day before a hearing ahead of a Feb. 2 trial.
- On Oct. 13, 2022, police say Austin Thompson, then 15, killed his older brother James Roger Thompson in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood, then shot four others near Neuse River Greenway, killing five.
- Investigators seized 11 firearms and 160 boxes of ammunition from the Thompson home, and officers found Thompson in a shed with a gunshot wound and $772 in cash.
- The plea shifts the case to sentencing, and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman says her office is ready for the sentencing hearing, where the presiding judge will decide between life without parole or parole after at least 25 years, as the death penalty is not available due to Thompson's age.
- Neighbors and victims' families reacted to lawyers' statement that Thompson seeks to spare the community further trauma, citing serious brain injury, diminished capacity claims, a Jan. 11, 2026 seizure, and motions requesting medical safeguards in court.
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Teen Pleads Guilty to 2022 North Carolina Mass Shooting: The Tragic Case of Austin Thompson
Teen Pleads Guilty to 2022 North Carolina Mass Shooting: The Tragic Case of Austin Thompson An 18-year-old named Austin David Thompson admitted in court on Wednesday to a mass shooting that took place in North Carolina in 2022, resulting in five deaths, including his own brother and a police officer. This planned plea came just weeks before his court trial was set to commence.The charges against Thompson are severe. He pleaded guilty to multiple…
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15-year-old shooter Austin Thompson will plead guilty to murdering brother and 4 others: attorney
Austin Thompson will plead guilty Wednesday to murdering his older brother, a cop and three others in a shocking 2022 North Carolina killing spree, his attorneys said.
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