Jennifer Gould

He shot me.

The sheer force of the bullets shattered Trey Michael's intestines, forcing surgeons to perform a brutal triage that included removing his right kidney and half of his lung.

As of late January, the resilient survivor is back home, but his body remains a roadmap of the trauma he endured.

Lagurgis, who rushed to the hospital in a blind panic, has now since become a vocal advocate for gun safety, begging parents to take the guns away before another kid is mangled by unsecured weapons.

The 10-year-old suspect, whose name is shielded by juvenile law, was hauled off to the Renaissance Home for Youth after detectives determined the shooting was a calculated act of battery.

He faces charges of aggravated second-degree battery and juvenile possession of a handgun.

While the boy sits in detention, though, a major question remains.

How did a 10-year-old gain access to a loaded weapon?

Rumors within the community suggest the gun belonged to a family member of the suspect but no adults have yet been charged for the negligence that allowed this playdate to turn into a firing squad.

The investigation continues.

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Nancy.

A cold-blooded teenage gunman who turned a quiet North Carolina neighborhood into a suburban slaughterhouse has finally surrendered his fight in court.

Austin Thompson, the now 18-year-old, accused of a 2022 shooting spree that left five people dead and a community shattered, filed a bombshell notice of a plea flip that he is guilty of all charges.

Robert Steele's fiancée was among those killed.

He spoke to WRAL News.

The move bypasses a February trial and sends the case straight to a sentencing phase where Thompson faces life behind bars for the carnage he unleashed in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The massacre began on October 13th, 2022, when a then 15-year-old Thompson donned camouflage and allegedly executed his own 16-year-old brother, James Thompson, inside their Saheliway home.