Overview
- Defense attorneys filed written notice Tuesday stating Thompson will plead guilty to all charges, removing the February trial from the calendar.
- His lawyers say he chose to forgo a trial to spare victims and the community further trauma, with a sentencing hearing to be set.
- The October 2022 rampage killed five people, including his brother James Thompson and off-duty Officer Gabriel Torres, and wounded others.
- He is charged as an adult with five counts of murder along with attempted murder and assault offenses, and his attorneys cite a serious brain injury from a head wound.
- Investigators recovered multiple firearms, large quantities of ammunition and a note appearing to confess to killing his brother, and his father later pleaded guilty to improperly storing a handgun.