ORLANDO, Fla. – Nearly one year after a mass shooting during Halloween festivities in downtown Orlando , the families of the two victims who died are pursuing legal action against the city and the operator of Wall Street Plaza.

“The lawsuit was filed to get answers because we weren’t getting them,” said Timothy Schmidt Sr., whose son was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, as tens of thousands of people participated in Halloween festivities in downtown Orlando.

Jaylen Edgar, 17 at the time of the shooting , is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Timothy Schmidt Jr. and Tyrek Hill, as well as six counts of attempted murder.

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“There’s different things that obviously could’ve stopped this w

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