The family of a high school football player who died in a shooting outside Dave & Busters has filed a lawsuit against the arcade, Sugarloaf Mills and the mall’s security.
Elijah DeWitt was a star football player at Jefferson High School in Jackson County. Police said he was shot and killed outside the Dave & Buster’s at Sugarloaf Mills on Oct. 5 while out with friends.
Days later, Kemare Bryan, 19, and Chandler Richardson, 19, were arrested on murder charges in DeWitt’s death.
In a civil lawsuit, the family is claiming Sugarloaf Mills, Allied Universal and Dave & Buster’s failed to “provide adequate security even though they knew the property was—and continued to be—dangerous.”
Our partners at Channel 2 Action News have reached out to Simon Malls, which operates Sugarloaf Mills, for a statement.
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