UVALDE, Texas — The families of the victims in the tragic school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde have filed another lawsuit, this time against FedEx and UPS. 

What You Need To Know

  • The lawsuit alleges that FedEx was used to ship the AR-15 style rifle used in the May 24, 2022, shooting, while UPS delivered a bump stock to the shooter

  • The shooter ordered the weapons minutes before his 18th birthday, making him below the legal age to purchase a rifle

  • The families' suit accuses the two mail carriers of negligence for failing to verify the age of the shooter and shipping the packages to the shooter, who lived within 1,000 feet of a school

  • The gun manufacturer, Daniel Defense, is also accused of not requesting proof of age when selling the rifle, which is at the core of a lawsuit filed by the families in late May

This latest legal action joins multiple other lawsuits filed by the families in the past few weeks, two years after the shooting took the lives of 19 children and two teachers on May 24, 2022. 

The lawsuit alleges that FedEx was used to ship the AR-15 style rifle used in the shooting, and UPS was used for the shipment of a bump stock, which was found at the scene. According to the lawsuit, both UPS and FedEx have policies regulating the shipment of weapons. 

For UPS, their terms and conditions state that “shipments must not contain goods which might endanger human or animal life or any means of transportations, or which might otherwise taint or damage other goods being transported by UPS, or the carriage, export or import of which is prohibited by applicable law of common carriers.”

FedEx’s terms say that items like explosives, firearms, weaponry, ammunition and their parts can’t be sent internationally, according to the lawsuit. 

The suit claims that FedEx didn’t verify the age of the shooter when shipping the AR-15 style rifle. The shooter officially purchased the gun minutes before his 18th birthday on May 16, which made him below the legal age to purchase a rifle.  

The gun manufacturer, Daniel Defense, is also accused of not requesting proof of age when selling the rifle, which is at the core of a lawsuit filed by the families in late May. 

The lawsuit also alleges that FedEx did not follow federal law when it comes to the transport of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school zone. It also accuses UPS of neglecting to screen the package, which contained a Hellfire Gen 2 trigger system, before it was shipped directly to the shooter.

“UPS and FedEx acted in combination and/or collusion to provide AR-15 modified to machine guns to persons…under 18 within school zones,” the suit says. “Effectively UPS and FedEx acted as illegal gun runners to a juvenile.”

Last month, the families reached a settlement with the City of Uvalde for $2 million and the promise that the city would increase its standards for training local police.