Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw is being sued by more than 25 survivors of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. McCraw is one of 19 defendants in a $27 billion class action lawsuit for psychological damages.
December 1, 2022, 3:36 PMSteven C. McCraw, Director and Colonel of the Texas Department of Public Safety speaks with DPS State Troopers near Robb Elementary School, May 30, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw is being sued by more than 25 survivors of thein Uvalde, Texas. McCraw is one of 19 defendants in a $27 billion class action lawsuit for psychological damages.
The other defendants in the lawsuit filed this week include local lawmakers and top law enforcement officers, many of whom are already facing federal suits from other survivors of the shooting and one victim's mother. This is the first suit to name McCraw and Texas DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon for their role in the police response during the massacre that took 21 lives.
"People are hurting, their children are hurting," said Charles Bonner, the lead attorney on the case in a news conference Wednesday. "They don't know what to do and there's no one helping them." The Torres family stand holding signs of Eliahna Torres, one of the children murdered during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, during a March For Our Lives rally, Aug. 27, 2022, in Austin, Texas.The federal lawsuit, which was filed in Del Rio, Texas, is the first class action to arise in the aftermath of the massacre and the first to ask for a specific amount in damages. It is the third federal lawsuit that has spawned from the tragedy and the second filed by a group of survivors.
"This $27 Billion lawsuit is to let them know that we value our children's lives," said Bonner. "We have to have enough money to get their attention."
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