KSAT TV in San Antonio reports that several of the families of victims and survivors of the Robb Elementary school shooting in May plan to file a lawsuit against the law enforcement agencies that were involved in the Uvalde tragedy and the maker and seller of the gun used in the mass shooting.
Charles Bonner, a California-based civil rights lawyer claiming to represent the families, told KSAT that he is preparing a proposed class action seeking billions and billions of dollars in damages that alleged that federal, state and local law enforcement violated his clients’ Fourteenth Amendment right.
“What we intend to do (is) to help serve this community, and that is to file a $27 billion civil rights lawsuit under our United States Constitution, one-of-a-kind in the whole world,” Bonner said.
KSAT reported that Bonner and another lawyer met recently with families at the Tabernacle of Worship in Uvalde.
The church’s pastor, Daniel Myers, told KSAT that the lawsuit is a key step towards finally holding law enforcement accountable for their actions or lack of actions, which left students and teachers alone with the gunman for nearly 80 minutes.
“Up to right now, there’s been no accountability, there’s no justice for those 19 children and the two teachers,” Myers said.
The lawsuit will also go after Daniel Defense, the gun manufacturer, and Oasis Outback, where the store where the gunman bought the weapon used to carry out the massacre.
Bonner intends to file the lawsuit next month, he said, after the U.S. Department of Justice wraps its investigation into the shooting. Bonner also announced that his firm is working with the gun safety organization Everytown For Gun Safety and several other firms to represent the Uvalde families in the case, according to KSAT.