Survivors of a 2019 mass shooting that killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio have sued the manufacturer of the large-capacity magazine that allowed the gunman to fire 41 shots in 30 seconds without reloading.
In a complaint filed Sunday in Clark County, Nevada, the survivors, along with deceased victims’ family members, said Nevada-based Kyung Chang Industry USA Inc and its South Korean parent company Kyungchang Industry Co Ltd recklessly sold “instruments of slaughter without any reasonable safeguards, screening or limits.”
The plaintiffs, represented by lawyers including Jonathan Lowy of Brady and Benjamin Cooper of Cooper Elliott, are bringing claims including negligence, wrongful death and public nuisance, and are seeking an injunction barring the 100-round magazines at issue without reasonable safeguards to prevent misuse. They are also seeking unspecified monetary damages.
A spokesperson for KCI could not immediately be reached for comment.
Connor Betts opened fire in a Dayton nightlife district on Aug. 4, 2019, killing nine people, including his sister, and wounding 17 before he was killed by police.
Police subsequently recovered a 100-round large-capacity magazine (LCM) that allowed Betts to fire repeatedly without reloading.
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