KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

The family of a woman and child killed in a Kansas City, Missouri, murder-suicide is suing the United States government, alleging the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to stop the attacker from accessing a government-issued gun.

The complaint, filed Dec. 4 in U.S. District Court in Kansas, alleges VA officials knew officer Jerel McGeachy Sr. had threatened his wife, Dominique McGeachy, and their young son, in the weeks before the April 1, 2024 shooting. Advertisement

Both were killed after McGeachy retrieved his handgun from the VA armory in Leavenworth, Kansas, according to the lawsuit.

He then took his own life.

KMBC 9 Investigates reported in June 2024 that two high-ranking officials and an armorer at the Leavenworth VA were suspended after authorities confi

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