Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Associated Press
CHARDON
Relatives of three teenagers killed in a Northeast Ohio school shooting filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a charity that maintains a trust fund set up first to benefit the victims’ families and also to support the well-being of students and others in the affected community.
The lawsuit against United Way says more than $950,000 was donated to the Chardon Healing Fund after the shooting in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. The suit alleges the trust wasn’t properly administered and says the families of 16-year-olds Daniel Parmertor and Demetrius Hewlin and 17-year-old Russell King Jr. have received a total of less than $150,000 and have had funding requests denied.