‘Racist, Violent’: 15-Year-Old White Teen Freely Showed Off Weapons Before Killing Five People, Including Black Woman Who Was Shot 34 Times, More Than All of the Victims Combined, Lawsuit Says

A new lawsuit claims that several parties, including the parents of a North Carolina teenager knew the teen had “racist and violent” behaviors before he allegedly went on a shooting spree that killed his brother and four of his neighbors. Austin Thompson was charged after allegedly shooting five people to death and injuring two others in the Hedingham neighborhood just east of Raleigh on October 13, 2022 when he was 15. Authorities accused Austin Thompson (left) of fatally shooting his brother and four of his neighbors in 2022 when he was 15. One of those neighbors, Nicole Connors (right), was shot 35 times. (Photos: WRAL/CBS17) The families of the victims filed a 162-page lawsuit against Thompson’s parents, the neighborhood homeowners association, and a private community police force claiming that those parties knew the teen had a history of “antisocial, racist, aggressive and violent comments and behaviors,” before the deadly shooting, CBS17 reported. The lengthy suit reportedly details multiple complaints neighbors made to the HOA about Thompson, reporting him as “aggressive, creepy, and off.” It also includes two instances when the teenager used racial slurs. Plaintiffs mentioned that Thompson encountered one of his alleged victims, Nicole Connors, days before the shooting....