On Wednesday this week, Austin Thompson entered guilty pleas to five counts of murder and other charges stemming from a 2022 mass shooting in a Raleigh neighborhood. The defendant, who was 15 years old at the time, killed five people, including his brother and an off-duty Raleigh police officer. He also wounded another officer and another civilian before he apparently shot himself in the head and was apprehended. According to defense counsel, the defendant’s resulting brain injury has made him unable to explain his motive for the violence. Sentencing will occur at a later date, but the defendant faces a mandatory minimum sentence of life with the possibility of parole after 25 years. WRAL has the story here. School Officials Charged. A Durham County public school principal and two school administrators were indicted this week. Police claim that the school officials feloniously obstructed an investigation into suspected abuse of an autistic child at Eno Valley Elementary. One of the administrators and the principal have also been charged with perjury. According to the report, the three have been suspended with pay while the school system conducts its own investigation into the matter. The News and Observer has the scoop, here. Uvalde Officer Acquitted. Fox News reports that former Uvalde officer Adrian Gonzalez was acquitted of all 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment stemming from his alleged inaction during the 2022 mass school shooting at Rob Elementary school. The incident resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two adults. The jury [...]
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