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

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

The timeline detailing the carnage was included in a preliminary report filed by Raleigh Sheriff Estella Patterson on Thursday, which additionally stated suspect Austin Thompson remained in crucial situation after being attacked by a police officer. Bullet wounds had been evident in final Thursday’s melee.

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

{The teenager} allegedly killed 5 folks, 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 accordance with reviews, James Thompson was the primary mass taking pictures sufferer. He was discovered lifeless at his house with gunshot and stab wounds.

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

Austin Thompson, sporting a camouflage swimsuit and carrying a handgun, continued strolling northeast, the place he encountered Torres in his commuter automotive, the report stated. The youngsters allegedly shot plainclothes policemen “for no motive”, witnesses stated. 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 taking pictures started, police decided Austin Thompson was hiding inside a “storage-like construction” within the neighborhood. When the officers arrived, Thompson began taking pictures, attacking one of many division’s Okay-9 officers.

“Police returned hearth,” the report stated. “Preliminary outcomes point out that about 23
bullets had been fired by RPD officers. These bullets had been fired within the path
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 stated 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 exterior the constructing and a shotgun and shotgun shell had been mendacity on the bottom close to him.

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

“Primarily based on presently out there data, 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 taking pictures “assuming he recovers,” Wake County Lawyer Lorrin Freeman stated final week.