SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) — New developments on a narrative we’ve been masking since 2024, when a gun went off at Springfield High School of Science and Technology. A former student who says he was “pistol-whipped” throughout that incident is now suing the City of Springfield.
Springfield police say it occurred on March eleventh, 2024, when a suspect struck a sufferer with a gun, and one shot was fired within the faculty hallway. No one was hit by the gunfire; and police mentioned no critical accidents had been reported.
Investigators say {that a} safety door was breached after a student or workers member let the alleged attackers inside. Now, the sufferer is claiming the assault and the gunshot fired inside the varsity may have been prevented.
The lawsuit filed by former Sci-Tech student Aaron Acheampong claims that the city’s failure to maintain armed attackers out of the constructing led to him being assaulted, and later, a shot being fired inside the varsity. This additionally is available in the identical week that one of many suspects within the capturing, Chantz Dudley, pleaded responsible the day his trial was set to start.
In the newly filed civil-complaint, Acheampong says he was approached throughout gymnasium class, {that a} disagreement escalated, and that a number of armed, masked attackers ended up stepping into the varsity. He claims he was then assaulted and pistol-whipped, and in the course of the struggle, the gun went off and shattered a window. Achempong says he suffered not solely bodily accidents, but additionally emotional trauma.
The civil cowl sheet lists greater than 116,000 {dollars} in damages, 16,912 for documented medical bills, and 100,000 for ache and struggling.
The lawsuit names the City Of Springfield because the defendant and alleges negligence and negligent infliction of emotional misery. The swimsuit additionally asks a choose to order new safety insurance policies and coaching for varsity leaders to forestall lively shooter conditions like this one.
Chantz Dudley pleaded responsible in Hampden Superior Court to expenses together with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon and Committing a Crime on School Grounds, and he was sentenced as much as seven years behind bars.
His father, Dana Dudley, remains to be dealing with felony expenses and is due again in courtroom subsequent week for pre-trial and bail hearings.
Western Mass News has reached out to Springfield City Solicitor Stephen Buoniconti and Springfield Public Schools for touch upon this lawsuit, however now we have not but heard again.
On Western Mass News @ 5, we’ll hear what Acheampong’s legal professional has to say on the matter.
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