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What we know about the 15-year-old suspect in the Raleigh mass shooting (shot his brother)
newsobserver.com ^ | 10/14/2022 | MARY HELEN MOORE, JOSH SHAFFER, AND ANNA JOHNSON

Posted on 10/14/2022 12:37:43 PM PDT by bitt

Here’s what The News & Observer has learned about the suspect in Thursday’s mass shooting in Raleigh:

WHO IS THE SUSPECT IN THE RALEIGH SHOOTING?

Sources have confirmed for The News & Observer that the suspect in Thursday night’s mass shooting is 15-year-old Austin Thompson, a sophomore at Knightdale High School and the brother of 16-year-old shooting victim James Thompson.

Austin Thompson is hospitalized in critical condition at WakeMed, where he was taken after being capture by police Thursday night.

Austin Thompson lived in the Hedingham neighborhood.

Neighbors said he lived with his father, a handyman in the neighborhood, and would help on odd jobs.

Several described unusual behavior from the son.

”I used to see him at 4:30, 5 in the morning with a bookbag on,” said Lavarius Thompson, a neighbor. “Buses don’t run till 7 in the morning.”

Lavarius Thompson, who is unrelated to a victim with the same last name, said he normally works out in his garage, but something kept him from the habit Thursday night.

”I could have been a victim myself,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsobserver.com ...


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..."It’s not yet clear whether the suspect knew any of the victims other than his brother. Police declined to say.",,
1 posted on 10/14/2022 12:37:43 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 10/14/2022 12:37:57 PM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

My walks with a backpack full of yearbooks. It makes the hills harder.


3 posted on 10/14/2022 12:40:06 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: bitt

I bet he was a Qtard, sucking up all the Qanon lunacy.
That stuff has ruined many otherwise decent people.


4 posted on 10/14/2022 12:57:23 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: bitt
Who is Austin Thompson? Wikipedia, Biography, Age, Raleigh Shooter ...
Austin 15 the shooter, is the one on the left, and his older brother James 16 a victim, is the one one the right
5 posted on 10/14/2022 12:58:11 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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I would say that Lavarius is truly unrelated to these bruthaz.


6 posted on 10/14/2022 1:26:09 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Robert DeLong

Austin looks like a mental case.


7 posted on 10/14/2022 1:29:46 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: humblegunner

I bet he was on RITALIN!


8 posted on 10/14/2022 1:30:54 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Flipped negative? Columbo will see right through that.


9 posted on 10/14/2022 1:32:21 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: bitt

Video gamer.......


10 posted on 10/14/2022 1:52:48 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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Since the shooter was white, stand by for the Demoncrats to start preaching about gun control.


11 posted on 10/14/2022 1:53:02 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Robert DeLong

Left has a psycho look.


12 posted on 10/14/2022 2:13:22 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: wardamneagle

That’s about 90% of 15 y/o males.


13 posted on 10/14/2022 2:14:10 PM PDT by EEGator
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Lavarius

Wait until his father gets home....


14 posted on 10/14/2022 2:14:18 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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The real question is t asked.

What psychiatric meds was the kids on?

90% plus of the mass shooters were on brain altering drugs with side effects such as suicide and homicidal thoughts.

Kids are given these drugs very young with no idea of the consequences.


15 posted on 10/14/2022 2:25:43 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: ConservativeMind

What I see in that picture are two kids who are unnaturally serious, tense, and unhappy. I’d guess that there was a lot going on within this family we’re unlikely to find out about. The shooter could have been the victim and cracked, or might have been the cause of stress on others.


16 posted on 10/14/2022 2:28:18 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: antidemoncrat

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article267288182.html#storylink=mainstage_lead

STARTED ALREADY....


17 posted on 10/14/2022 2:33:39 PM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'width=50%>)
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A mass shooting? 10? 25? What?


18 posted on 10/14/2022 2:35:55 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Clutch Martin
The article states:

The victims were identified as: James Thompson, 16 Gabriel Torres, 29 Mary Marshall, 34 Susan Karnatz, 49 Nicole Conners, 53

19 posted on 10/14/2022 2:53:10 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Ann Archy

“I bet he was on RITALIN!”

And played a lot of first person shooter games.


20 posted on 10/14/2022 3:00:47 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying To All.)
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