Victims of Uvalde Massacre Launch $27 Billion Class Action Lawsuit

Victims of the Uvalde school shooting have filed a multibillion-dollar class action lawsuit against police, as well as city and school officials, over the massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin on Tuesday, alleges officials, including law enforcement, failed to protect children and teachers from an armed assailant in a fourth-grade classroom during a the May 24 shooting. The lawsuit seeks $27 billion for the survivors, who continue to suffer “emotional or psychological harm as a result of the conduct and omissions of the defendants on this date.”

Among the plaintiffs are school staff and children’s representatives who were present at Robb Elementary School when 18-year-old shooter Salvador Ramos burst onto school grounds, killing 19 children and two teachers.

Instead of immediately trying to stop the shooter, “the conduct of the three hundred and seventy-six (376) law enforcement officials who were on scene during the seventy-seven minutes of indecision, dysfunction and of harm to law enforcement, was extremely painful, falling short of their standards of duty,” the lawsuit alleges.

Uvalde town officials had not received a trial by Friday afternoon, according to a report.

Before filing the class action lawsuit, the families sought a $27 billion settlement from the school district, several law enforcement agencies and the city in August, seeking to resolve the case without going through the courts.

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The mother of 10-year-old Eliana Torres, who was killed in the attack, filed another federal lawsuit Monday against several of the same people and entities.

A group of survivors also sued Daniel Defense, the company that makes the gun used in the shooting. This lawsuit claims 6 billion dollars.

With post wires