Husband of a victim of White supremacist Deadly Shootings Files Lawsuit against Kansas City Gun Sellers

The husband of one of the three victims of white supremacist deadly shootings filed a lawsuit naming two Jewish sites in Kansas City over sold guns used on the fatal 2014 attack. The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County Circuit Court by the Accurso Law Firm on Monday.

The Reuters reported, plaintiff, Jim LaManno, sued Wal-Mart, Friendly Firearms LLC, a gun seller and gun show operator in Missouri and Iowa, as well as their employees of negligence for selling the firearms to a man who bought the weapons on behalf of the shooter.

The shooter, Frazier Glenn Miller, 74 years old and a former member of Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group, was sentenced with death penalty last year, following the shooting in 2014 that killed LaManno's wife, Terri, 53, at the Village Shalom retirement home in Overland Park, Kansas. William Corporon, 69, and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Underwood, were also killed at the nearby Jewish Community Center.

John Mark Reidle, the man who bought the weapons for Miller, was also named on the lawsuit, Times of Israel reported. Reidle, 48 was a friend of Miller and a fellow member of white supremacist group. He also took a guilty plea last fall to making a false statement when buying a firearm.

It was also reported that Miller was not sorry over his crimes, after he stated, he attempted to murder Jews as possible. His representing lawyer argued on the court that his shooting spree was a "patriotic attempt" in order to protect his people against racial killings.

The lawsuit alleges, Miller and Reidle both came to Springfield gun show in October 2013, where Reidle made purchased additional weapons, Daily Mail reported. According to the men's behavior and remarks, the staff of the Friendly Firearms LLC, "knew, had reason to know, or recklessly failed to know that Miller was not lawfully entitled to purchase or possess a firearm," the suit claims.

Miller targeted both facilities hoping to kill Jews. However, none of the victims was Jewish. He was convicted and sentenced to death last fall.

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White Supremacist attack, Jim LaManno, Jewish Center, Wal-Mart, Gun Sellers

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