Even though a with firearms training, it can鈥檛 be blamed for his deadly 2016 rampage that left 49 people dead, a Palm Beach County judge has ruled.
While expressing sympathy for those who lost loved ones and for the in the crowded Orlando nightspot, Circuit Judge Donald Hafele said had nothing to do with the attack.
鈥淭he unspeakable criminal conduct carried out by Mateen was wholly unrelated to, and independent of his employment with (G4S),鈥� Hafele wrote in an order throwing out four lawsuits filed against the subsidiary of a British-based company that describes itself as one of the largest private security firms in the world.
鈥淢ateen was not working for (G4S) at the time of the shooting and (G4S) had no relationship, legal or otherwise, with the plaintiffs or their decedents,鈥� Hafele wrote in an 11-page decision signed on March 15. 鈥淭hese allegations, therefore, do not survive scrutiny.鈥�
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