On October 13, 2022, a mass shooting took place in the Hedingham neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

[3] The accused, a male juvenile named Austin Thompson,[4] was detained after being cornered by police at a nearby residence and was in critical condition from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during the incident.

[3] According to police, a gunman, armed with a shotgun, handgun, and hunting knife, first killed his brother at home by shooting him in the head and stabbing him 57 times in the neck, then went out into the street, where he fatally shot a woman on her porch and critically wounded another woman on the driveway of the same house.

[10][11][12] The gunman proceeded through Hedingham, shooting to death an off-duty police officer on the 6000 block of Osprey Drive.

[21][22] Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Raleigh Police Department and the ATF, are involved with the investigation.

[5] A "five-day report," including a detailed outline of the incident, was filed to the Raleigh city manager on October 20.

[28] Governor Roy Cooper said that the pain the victims' families were experiencing was unimaginable and that changes must be made to prevent similar tragedies.