BUFFALO, N.Y. — Loved ones of those murdered in the 2022 racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store filed what their lawyers described as a"landmark" lawsuit Wednesday, alleging social media companies, firearm manufacturers and body-armor makers all helped the teenage killer"load that gun."
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages and a court-ordered injunction requiring social media platforms named in the legal action to"remedy the unreasonably dangerous features in its social media products, provide adequate warnings to minor users and parents that its products are addictive and pose a clear and present danger to unsuspecting minors."
A similar lawsuit was filed in May naming many of the same companies as defendants on behalf of the families of Patterson, Katherine"Kat" Massey, 72; and Andre Mackneil, 53. Gendron pleaded guilty in November to 15 charges, including murder and attempted murder. He is the first person in state history to be charged with domestic terrorism motivated by hate, a crime he also pleaded guilty to. He was sentenced in February to life in prison without the possibility of parole.