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Laura Benshoff

Uvalde parents and school staffer start legal action against gunmaker

The gunman in the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, purchased an AR-15-style rifle from Daniel Defense online. (Lisa Marie Pane/AP)

The parents of one of the 19 children killed during the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and a Robb Elementary School staffer who fled from the gunman and hid in the school have taken the first steps toward suing the gunmaker that produced the AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre.

"My purpose for being now is to honor Amerie Jo's memory," said Alfred Garza III, father of a 10-year-old who called 911 from inside her classroom before being shot. "She would want me to do everything I can so this will never happen again to any other child. I have to fight her fight."

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