Judge sentences teen to life without parole for North Carolina mass shooting that killed 5

A judge has sentenced a mass shooter to life in prison without parole for killing five people in North Carolina in 2022 when he was 15. Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway declined Friday to issue a sentence that could have given him the chance for parole one day. Thompson pleaded guilty last month to five counts of first-degree murder and other charges. Authorities say he killed his 16-year-old brother at home, then shot others in his neighborhood and on a greenway. Prosecutors released a note suggesting he committed the violence in part because of anger over concerns about the environment. But his lawyers blamed an altered mental state prompted by acne medicine.