A new filing in the civil suit tied to a Raleigh mass shooting alleges lawyers for the plaintiffs used what the filing calls a “hallucinated” case citation.
The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2024, alleges the killings could have been prevented, claiming then-15-year-old Austin Thompson was a known problem in the Hedingham neighborhood in East Raleigh. The Hedingham Community Association, the property management company, Thompson’s parents and a private security company hired to patrol the neighborhood are all defendants in the case.
Thompson killed five people, including his own brother, and seriously injured two in the Oct. 13, 2022, shooting. He was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole in February after pleading guilty to all charges against him…