Raleigh police share timeline, new particulars in suspect Austin Thompson’s mass capturing

A brand new report reveals that mass shooter Raleigh, 15, is believed to have killed his brother earlier than committing a bloody rampage final week that left 4 others lifeless.

A timeline detailing the carnage was included in a preliminary report filed by Raleigh Sheriff Estella Patterson on Thursday, which additionally mentioned suspect Austin Thompson remained in crucial situation after struggling a stab wound. Bullet accidents had been evident in final Thursday’s melee.

Though police didn’t point out Thompson by title within the four-page memo, he was recognized by the media and his mother and father themselves.

{The teenager} allegedly killed 5 individuals, a canine and injured two others earlier than barricading himself inside a residential constructing.

Among the many lifeless had been police officer Gabriel Torres, 29, and Thompson’s brother, James Thompson, 16. Nicole Conners, 52, and her canine Sammy, Mary Marshall, 35, and Susan Karnatz, 49, had been additionally killed within the violence.

In response to studies, James Thompson was the primary mass capturing sufferer. He was discovered lifeless at his dwelling with gunshot and stab wounds.

After leaving the home, Austin Thompson is claimed to have set hearth to the road, concentrating on two girls within the neighborhood. Conners and her canine Sammy died on the scene, whereas one other lady was taken to hospital, the place she stays in a crucial situation.

Austin Thompson, sporting a camouflage go well with and carrying a handgun, continued on his stroll to the northeast, the place he met Torres in his commuter automobile, the report mentioned. The youngsters allegedly shot plainclothes policemen “for no purpose”, witnesses mentioned. A bystander took a photograph of the shooter, which was later launched amongst law enforcement officials.

The 15-year-old suspect then allegedly killed future bride Mary Marshall, who was strolling her canine, and mother-of-three Susan Karnatz, who was on the run, on the Neuse River Greenway Path.

By 6:42 p.m., about two hours after the capturing started, police decided Austin Thompson was hiding inside a “storage-like construction” within the neighborhood. When the officers arrived, Thompson began capturing, attacking one of many division’s Okay-9 officers.

“Police returned hearth,” the report mentioned. “Preliminary outcomes point out that about 23
bullets had been fired by RPD officers. These bullets had been fired within the route
constructing the place the suspect shot on the officers. “

Three hours later, officers entered the constructing sufficient to seek out Thompson with an apparent gunshot wound. Police mentioned he was discovered with a handgun in his belt, a big knife clipped to his belt and carrying a backpack stuffed with a number of sorts of handgun ammunition.

A big searching knife was discovered outdoors the constructing and a shotgun and shotgun shells lay on the bottom close to him.

The report didn’t say how Austin Thompson was injured. His motives are nonetheless unknown.

“Based mostly on at present obtainable info, there doesn’t seem like any connection between the victims shot by the suspect earlier than he encountered police aside from they lived in the identical neighbourhood,” the report learn.

Austin Thompson is predicted to face trial as an grownup for the mass capturing “assuming he recovers,” Wake County Legal professional Lorrin Freeman mentioned final week.