Hedingham Mass Shooter Austin Thompson Sentencing Day 5 | Entered a guilty plea for multiple counts

Описание: The order filed by Judge Paul Ridgeway laid out what we can expect for this lengthy hearing. Because Thompson was 15 at the time of the shootings, he will go through a Miller sentencing hearing. Thompson faces five class A felonies for murder, which should carry a mandatory life without parole sentence. However, because he was a minor at the time, the hearing will determine whether or not he will be eligible for parole. However, because he was a minor at the time, the hearing will determine whether or not he will be eligible for parole.

On Jan. 22, Thompson entered a guilty plea to five counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill and one count of assault with firearm on a law enforcement officer.

The Oct. 13, 2022, shooting spree began inside the Thompson family home in the Hedingham community and ended on the nearby Neuse River Greenway. In addition to the murder charge for the death of his brother, 16-year-old James Thompson, Austin Thompson is charged with the murders of an off-duty Raleigh police officer, Gabriel Torres, 29, who was on his way to work when he was shot; Mary Marshall, 34; Nicole Connors, 52, and Susan Karnatz, 49. Another Raleigh police officer, Casey Clark, 33, and Marcille "Lynn" Gardner, a special education teacher, were injured.

Law enforcement arrested then-15-year-old Austin Thompson in a shed close to 6 miles away from his own home. The teenager was found with a gunshot wound to his head.

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