Two teenagers shot over the summer at the Douglass Park pool were “unarmed and never threatened,” the former Chicago Park District lifeguard charged with opening fire, according to a new lawsuit.

Former lifeguard Charles Leto, 55, is accused of fatally shooting 15-year-old Marjay Dotson and wounding 14-year-old Jeremy Herred on June 26 at the West Side pool.

“Kids [are] supposed to be able to go to the park to play,” Jeremy Herred Sr., Jeremy’s father, said at a new conference announcing the lawsuit Wednesday. “Our kids went to the park to play and got shot by an employee. It’s crazy.”

The boy’s families filed a lawsuit this week against Leto and the Chicago Park District, who they alleged hired and promoted Leto despite reports of aggressive and threatening behavior.

Leto was fixi

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