Local law enforcement agencies and at least two school districts failed to react to multiple warnings that a student was planning a shooting at Apalachee High School, victims’ families said in a series of court filings according to the AJC and Atlanta News First.
The report says that the families of students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn and teacher Richard Aspinwall recently signaled their intention to file lawsuits over the incident in notices to Jackson County and its sheriff’s office, Barrow County and its sheriff’s office and Barrow County school officials.
Two of the families are each demanding $25 million, according to the filings.
Jackson County is included because, the plaintiff’s attorney says, the sheriff’s office there was aware of threats the accused killer had made to “shoot up a school” as early as 2023.
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