WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Wake County Judge set a deadline for motions in the Hedingham Mass Shooting trial, where the accused killer, Austin Thompson is charged with five counts of murder.

The motion deadline is set for January 5. An additional court date was also set to hear new motions filed during the week of January 19.

Thompson's attorneys said they planned to file a motion to suppress evidence in the next week. What evidence the defense wants excluded from the trial was not made clear in court.

Thompson is charged with the deadly shooting in the Hedingham neighborhood when he was 15 years old.

He is accused of killing five people including his brother and a Raleigh police officer, in October of 2022.

Thompson's attorneys said they intend to use, in his defense, claim

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