Victims' family members and survivors of the October 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston that killed 18 people are filing a negligence lawsuit on Wednesday against the United States government for what they call "one of the most preventable mass tragedies in America."

In their 119-page complaint being filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 100 plaintiffs are seeking accountability from the Army, the Department of Defense and Keller Army Hospital for allegedly violating their own "policies, regulations and orders" intended to protect the public from soldiers with mental illness.

Specifically, they say all three institutions ignored the warning signs posed by Army Reserve Sgt. Robert Card in the months before the tragedy, including after he stated that he planned to carry out a mass shooting.

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