Three families who lost loved ones in the Tops massacre filed a lawsuit against the parents of the gunman, online platforms and a body armor manufacturer.
People near a memorial for the shooting victims outside a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., last May.
In a racist attack on May 14, 2022, a white gunman shot 13 people, 11 of whom were Black, injuring three and killing 10. The victims were described as pillars in the East Buffalo community, a predominantly Black neighborhood. Doyle says the community won’t let “racism, hatred and evil” win, but she does not accept the gunman’s apology. “How dare this white supremacist come into our community and disrupt our community with this aim to kill people of color,” she said.
“The fact that this still is an ongoing problem within the United States is something that really victimizes these families. Every time it occurs it brings back the horror of that day for them,” Terrence Connors, an attorney for seven families who lost loved ones in the massacre, told Yahoo News. “We are in the process of looking into civil litigation, because we think that would be an excellent avenue to try to effect some changes in the way in which the gun industry operates.
in terms of housing and the neighborhood conditions that contribute to poor health outcomes, and premature death, and bodies ravaged with disease, these are the issues that have come front and center since the shooting,” he said.
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