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Family members of three people killed in the Jacksonville Dollar General shooting have filed a lawsuit in Duval County, Florida, against the discount store on the grounds that its negligence in security measures enabled the crimes allegedly committed by 21-year-old Ryan Palmeter in August 2023. ¹
On Aug. 26, Ryan Palmeter drove to the Dollar General, where he killed store employee Anolt Laguerre Jr., customer Jerrald Gallion, and rideshare driver Angela Carr, after reportedly being deterred from attacking a Family Dollar store and Edward Waters University by the presence of security personnel. ²