CHICAGO - The families of two teenagers who were shot , one fatally, at Douglass Park in June announced a wrongful death lawsuit against the Chicago Park District and the suspected shooter.

The shooting happened on June 26 when Charles Leto allegedly killed 15-year-old Marjay Dotson and critically wounded 14-year-old Jeremy Herred.

Leto, 55, was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm in an occupied vehicle.

The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday by the mothers of the victims.

The backstory:

Around 7 p.m. on June 26, someone had taken Leto’s bike from where it was parked and left it up the stairs, although prosecutors said there was no information that the victims in the case were responsible.

Leto, who was

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