Gun Company, Instagram, "Call Of Duty" Maker Sued Over US School Shooting
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The families of Uvalde school shooting victims accused the companies of wrongful death and gross negligence.
Several families whose children were killed or wounded in a mass shooting at their Texas school two years ago have sued the gun manufacturer as well as Instagram and video game company Activision for marketing the weapon, their lawyer said Friday.
Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed in the city of Uvalde on May 24, 2022, when a teenage gunman went on a rampage with an AR-15 style assault rifle at Robb Elementary School, in America's deadliest school shooting in a decade.
The families accuse the companies of wrongful death and gross negligence, saying gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, as well as Meta-owned Instagram and Microsoft-owned Activision, whose "Call of Duty" video game features the weapon, marketed it to "insecure, adolescent boys," according to a statement from lawyer Josh Koskoff.
