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By Karen AbbottDenver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
Lawsuits filed by five families of slain and injured Columbine students in Jefferson County District Court have moved to federal court, joining other families' cases already pending there. The transfers this week had been expected, to put all the cases in one place. All are assigned to Chief U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock of Denver. The families of Columbine students Isaiah Shoels, who died, and Mark Taylor, Lance Kirklin, Richard Castaldo and Sean Graves, all wounded, earlier had filed lawsuits in Jefferson County. The families of slain students Cassie Bernall, Daniel Rohrbough, Kelly Fleming, Matthew Kechter, Lauren Townsend and Kyle Velasquez, slain teacher Dave Sanders and injured students Valeen Schnurr, Jeanna Park, Evan Todd and Kacey Ruegsegger earlier had filed their lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Denver. The students and Sanders were shot at the school on April 20, 1999, by seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then took their own lives. Defendants include the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, school officials, Harris' and Klebold's parents and three young people who helped the teen killers obtain guns. August 17, 2000
Lawsuits filed by five families of slain and injured Columbine students in Jefferson County District Court have moved to federal court, joining other families' cases already pending there.
The transfers this week had been expected, to put all the cases in one place. All are assigned to Chief U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock of Denver.
The families of Columbine students Isaiah Shoels, who died, and Mark Taylor, Lance Kirklin, Richard Castaldo and Sean Graves, all wounded, earlier had filed lawsuits in Jefferson County.
The families of slain students Cassie Bernall, Daniel Rohrbough, Kelly Fleming, Matthew Kechter, Lauren Townsend and Kyle Velasquez, slain teacher Dave Sanders and injured students Valeen Schnurr, Jeanna Park, Evan Todd and Kacey Ruegsegger earlier had filed their lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Denver.
The students and Sanders were shot at the school on April 20, 1999, by seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then took their own lives.
Defendants include the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, school officials, Harris' and Klebold's parents and three young people who helped the teen killers obtain guns.
August 17, 2000
