According to the lawsuit, the agencies violated the victims' rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
"What we intend to do (is) to help serve this community, and that is to file a $27 billion civil rights lawsuit under our United States Constitution, one-of-a-kind in the whole world," told KSAT. During the weeks leading up to this week's announcement, Bonner and his associate met with families at Pastor Daniel Myers' church, Tabernacle of Worship, in Uvalde.
According to Pastor Myers, the lawsuit is an important step toward holding law enforcement accountable for their botched response to the shooting, which left students and teachers alone with the gunman for nearly 80 minutes while hundreds of officers from various law enforcement agencies waited outside Robb Elementary School.
"There has been no accountability, no justice for those 19 children and the two teachers up to this point," Myers said. The suit will also target Daniel Defense, the gun manufacturer, and Oasis Outback, the store where the gunman purchased the weapon used in the massacre.
Bonner said he plans to file the lawsuit after the Department of Justice completes its investigation into the shooting next month. According to KSAT, Bonner also announced that his firm is collaborating with the gun-control organization Everytown For Gun Safety and several other firms to represent the Uvalde families in the case.