The UCCS double shooting suspect reportedly threatened one of the victims, and the school knew about it. FOX31 looks into whether there could be legal ramifications.
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[David Lane, a civil rights attorney with Killmer Lane, LLP. “The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says state agencies and state people are not liable for money damages.”
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According to the affidavit, Jordan threatened Knopp and said he would “kill him,” and there would be consequences if Jordan was asked to take out the trash again.
If the university knew this before the killings, could it be held liable?
“When a third party is a wrongdoer, such as the shooter in the particular case, the police are not obligated to arrest someone based on a threat,” Lane said. “They’re not obligated to even investigate if they don’t want to. Bottom line here is that given the levels of immunities that exist both from the Supreme Court and the U.S. Constitution, I don’t think the university is going to be liable for any damages stemming from this unbelievably tragic incident.”
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“They should have deactivated his keycard, but the fact that they didn’t, again, would not confer liability on the university,” Lane said.]