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The Wake County Public Defender's Office told WRAL News on Thursday it will represent Austin Thompson.

The 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting and killing five people in Raleigh, including his brother, will have a public defender.

The Wake County Public Defender’s Office told WRAL News on Thursday it will represent Austin Thompson.

As of Thursday, Thompson does not have a hearing date scheduled.

Thompson will first have a probable cause hearing in juvenile court.

Thompson's parents Alan and Elise Thompson are represented by Raleigh-based Tharrington Smith.

Last week, authorities <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/suspected-hedingham-shooter-moved-from-wakemed-to-juvenile-detention-center-outside-of-triangle/20568332/">moved Austin Thompson from WakeMed to a juvenile detention center</a> with medical facilities.

The teenage suspect in a Raleigh mass shooting is well enough to move from WakeMed to a juvenile detention facility, Raleigh police tell WRAL News.

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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has said she <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/raleigh-shooter-was-15-brother-among-five-dead/20521961/">will pursue adult charges against Austin Thompson</a> should he recover enough to stand trial.

Sources tell WRAL News that Austin Thompson opened fire just before 5 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the streets of the Hedingham neighborhood and on the Neuse River greenway, killing five people including his 16-year-old brother, James Thompson.

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One driver was killed and the other ended up in the hospital facing criminal charges when a dump truck and gasoline truck crashed head-on near a bridge in rural Wake County Tuesday morning.

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Former employees of Jacksonville's Brynn Marr Hospital allege that the facility engaged in patient record falsification and insurance manipulation. Their accounts appear to mirror past issues with the hospital's parent company, Universal Health Services, documented in several lawsuits.

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President Joe Biden is expected to condemn antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews.

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