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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Whittle

US asks court to toss lawsuit alleging Army failed to stop Maine's deadliest mass shooting

Maine Shooting - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The U.S. government wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from survivors and relatives of the victims of Maine's deadliest mass shooting, who say the Army failed them by not intervening before the killings.

The families allege the government was negligent in failing to act on warning signs displayed by the shooter, an Army reservist.

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