ROANOKE, Va. — The parents of two students slain at Virginia Tech said Friday they filed lawsuits because they want someone held accountable for the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
The parents of Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde said they’re seeking the truth about officials’ actions the morning student gunman Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and himself.
The school has been criticized because it delayed notifying students of the first two killings for more than two hours.
"On April 16, 2007, the administrators let our daughters down in ways we are just now learning,” said a statement by Celeste and Grafton Peterson and Harry and Karen Pryde.
They sued the state, the school and employees as well as Cho’s estate Thursday, the second anniversary of the shootings.
They were the only eligible families who didn’t accept their share of an $11 million state settlement.
by the associated press
The parents of Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde said they’re seeking the truth about officials’ actions the morning student gunman Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and himself.
The school has been criticized because it delayed notifying students of the first two killings for more than two hours.
"On April 16, 2007, the administrators let our daughters down in ways we are just now learning,” said a statement by Celeste and Grafton Peterson and Harry and Karen Pryde.
They sued the state, the school and employees as well as Cho’s estate Thursday, the second anniversary of the shootings.
They were the only eligible families who didn’t accept their share of an $11 million state settlement.
by the associated press
