The families of Timothy Schmidt Jr. and Tyrek Hill filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Orlando and Downtown Power LLC. Schmidt and Hill attended the downtown party, which included several bars, last Halloween when police say 17-year-old Jaylen Edgar started shooting.

The wrongful death lawsuit filed by attorney Douglas McCarron with the Haggard Law Firm claims the city and the Downtown Power LLC, which filed for the permit, were negligent in how they handled security.

In one particular part of the lawsuit, it claims the city of Orlando, "through its OPD officers and agents, negligently failed to implement its policies and procedures and failed to maintain the area where the Downtown Orlando Halloween festivities/block party took place in a condition reasonably safe for use by i

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