Deputies lead a handcuffed Austin Thompson from the courtroom in Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 13, 2026, after he was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole. Scott Sharpe/The News & Observer via AP, Pool
RALEIGH, N.C.—A judge sentenced an 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina mass shooting to life in prison without parole Friday, rejecting arguments that he deserved the chance for release decades from now.
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