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   An 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina   
   mass shooting when he was 15 was sentenced on Friday to life in prison   
   without parole. The judge rejected arguments that Austin David Thompson   
   deserved the chance for release decades from now.   
      
   The October 2022 attack began at Thompson's Raleigh home when he shot   
   and repeatedly stabbed his 16-year-old brother, James. Equipped with   
   firearms and wearing camouflage, Thompson then fatally shot four others   
   — including an off-duty city police officer — in his neighborhood and   
   along a greenway. He was arrested in a shed after a self-inflicted   
   gunshot wound to his head.   
      
   Thompson pleaded guilty last month to five counts of first-degree murder   
   and five other counts, fewer than two weeks before his scheduled trial.   
      
   Thompson, who did not speak publicly in court, was led away in handcuffs   
   after the sentencing. Family members of the shooting victims cried as   
   the sentence was handed down. Thompson's attorneys announced plans to   
   appeal the sentence.   
      
   An 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina   
   mass shooting when he was 15 was sentenced on Friday to life in prison   
   without parole. The judge rejected arguments that Austin David Thompson   
   deserved the chance for release decades from now.   
      
   The October 2022 attack began at Thompson's Raleigh home when he shot   
   and repeatedly stabbed his 16-year-old brother, James. Equipped with   
   firearms and wearing camouflage, Thompson then fatally shot four others   
   — including an off-duty city police officer — in his neighborhood and   
   along a greenway. He was arrested in a shed after a self-inflicted   
   gunshot wound to his head.   
      
   Thompson pleaded guilty last month to five counts of first-degree murder   
   and five other counts, fewer than two weeks before his scheduled trial.   
      
   Thompson, who did not speak publicly in court, was led away in handcuffs   
   after the sentencing. Family members of the shooting victims cried as   
   the sentence was handed down. Thompson's attorneys announced plans to   
   appeal the sentence.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/austin-thompson-sentenced-life-without-parol   
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