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Father of teenage suspect in North Carolina mass shooting pleads guilty to gun storage crime

The father of a teenager accused in a 2022 mass shooting in North Carolina's capital city that left five people dead has pleaded guilty to storing improperly a handgun that authorities said was found with his son after the shootings. Media outlets report Alan Thompson entered the plea in Wake County court. He received a suspended jail sentence and some probation. Son Austin Thompson is accused of murder and other charges and faces a 2025 trial. He was 15 when the shootings occurred in Raleigh. His older brother was among those killed. The father's attorney said Alan Thompson saw no warning signs that his son would commit violence.

Raleigh mass shooter's gunshot wound self-inflicted

The teenage suspect of a shooting rampage in northeast Raleigh that killed five people and injured two others suffered from a nonfatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound when he was captured by a tactical robot hours after a shootout with police, according to the Wake County district attorney.

What we know about the Raleigh shooting victims

An avid runner and the mother of three boys. A woman who was the “rock” of her family and knew everyone in the neighborhood. A Navy veteran whose wedding was two weeks away. These were among the victims of Thursday's shooting rampage in North Carolina's capital city, Raleigh, that claimed five lives and wounded two others.