One of the patrons who was was treated for a non-life-threatening flesh wound, and the family of a victim who succumbed to his wounds during a shooting that took place after a Meek Mill concert in Connecticut late last year, are named in a lawsuit that was filed against the rapper this week.
Nathan Mitchell, 25, survived to tell about the December shooting, but 31-year-old Travis Ward, unfortunately, didn't. They were two of four Oakdale Theatre-goers who were hit by gunfire that night, with an unnamed victim eventually being released from the hospital, and another victim, Jaquan Graves, 20, being the second casualty that night. At the time it was reported by TMZ that Meek had just left the Wallingford venue when the drama ensued. No arrests have been made in regards to the incident since.
Mitchell joined the Ward family at Waterbury Superior Court to file suit for what The Hartford Courant reports is over $15,000 in damages, on Tuesday, May 23. The document accuses the venue and Meek's team for having failed to provide adequate security, and cites the violent nature of his lyrics in an attempt to highlight them as grounds for him to have been responsible for taking extra precaution. "With song titles like 'Body Count' and 'Oh Kill 'Em' - that praise indiscriminate killing and mayhem, the potential for tragic incidents like this should have been properly anticipated and planned for by Meek Mill, his concert promoters, and the Oakdale Theatre," Ward family attorney Joel Faxon, says in the suit.
Source: nydailynews.com
