Austin Thompson to plead guilty in Hedingham deadly shooting that killed 5 in Raleigh

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A major development dropped Tuesday in the Raleigh mass shooting suspect, Austin Thompson’s case. It comes with less than a month before his trial was set to begin.

ABC11 has learned that Thompson’s attorneys filed motions for a guilty plea from the defendant.

Austin Thompson is accused of killing five people in the Hedingham neighborhood and his trial was scheduled to begin on Feb. 2.

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