MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota woman is suing Scheels, alleging the sports retailer acted irresponsibly in her son’s death.
According to the lawsuit, her then 19-year-old son went to an Eden Prairie Scheels to look at handguns. When an employee gave him one, he shot himself.
The lawsuit claims Scheels acted irresponsibly by not making it more difficult to get ahold of a gun and use it in stores. The suit seeks to hold the company liable because he wasn’t 21, the legal age for buying guns in Minnesota, and the gun did not have a disabling device, the suit alleges.
In 2022 after the shooting, police said they believed the man brought his own ammunition to the store.
Scheels has not responded to the lawsuit.
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