Feb. 3, 2026
Sentencing hearing set to begin for Hedingham mass shooter Austin Thompson
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The sentencing hearing for Austin Thompson is slated to begin on Tuesday. Thompson pleaded guilty in January to five counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder and three charges of assault. All this stems from an October 2022 mass shooting in Raleigh’s Hedingham neighborhood.
WRAL’s Megan Cloherty and Jaylin Jones talked before the hearing began: a top-down view of what you need to know ahead of what could be a long few weeks in court.
