Page 1 - ARUBA TODAY

Thursday
July 4, 2019
T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044
www.arubatoday.com

A
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper ruba’s ONLY English newspaper
Family of deadly Vegas shooting victim sues gun makers

By M. L. PRICE, M. BALSAMO and S. SONNER
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The parents of a young woman killed
in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre said Wednesday they
blame gun manufacturers for their daughter’s death.
“Someone murdered our daughter,” said James Parsons,
whose 31-year-old daughter Carrie Parsons was one of 58
people killed when a gunman rained down gunfire from
a high-rise hotel. “Someone should be held accountable
for that.”
A wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday targets Colt and
seven other gun manufacturers, along with gun shops in
Nevada and Utah, arguing their weapons are designed
to be easily modified to fire like automatic weapons.
“It was a horrifying, agonizing experience and we don’t
want this to happen to other families,” Parsons told The
Associated Press of the deadliest mass shooting in mod-
ern U.S. history. In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino reflects the last sunlight of the
day along the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
Continued on Page 3 Associated Press