A vigil was held outside of Roxborough High School, where Nicolas Elizalde was shot and killed Sept. 27, 2022. Read more Charles Fox / Staff Photographer

by Ellie Rushing Updated Aug. 27, 2025, 12:18 p.m. ET | Published Aug. 27, 2025, 11:37 a.m. ET

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in which a mother whose only child was shot and killed in 2022 asserted that the Philadelphia School District failed to protect students from gun violence and contributed to her son’s death.

Nicolas Elizalde, 14, was fatally struck by a stray bullet in September 2022 while walking off the Roxborough High School football field following a scrimmage. Elizalde and his teammates were heading toward the locker room when five gunmen, targeting an unknown player, opened fire, striking Elizald

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