Smith & Wesson is being sued by the family of a man killed in the 2022 Highland Park parade shooting, according to a report

The family of a Waukegan man killed in the shooting at the 2022 Independence Day parade in Highland Park is suing gun maker Smith & Wesson, the Daily Herald reports.

According to the report, the lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of the family of Eduardo Uvaldo, one of the seven people killed in the shooting. The lawsuit, the report said, alleges that Smith & Wesson marketed an AR-15-style weapon to teenagers, even though that weapon had been used in other shootings.

“Eduardo was a kind, loving, hard-working man who adored his family,” the Uvaldo family said in a joint statement, according to the report. “He was taken too soon, due to both the actions of a disturbed man and the greedy company that manufactured and marketed his gun.”

A representative from Smith & Wesson was not immediately available for comment, according to the report.

The report also says a group of survivors and families of children who were at the parade are also part of the lawsuit. The complaint also names Budsgunshop.com and Red Dot Arms, both of which claim they sold the gun to someone they knew was not allowed to own it.

Robert Crimo III, 23, was initially charged with 21 counts of premeditated murder, including three counts for each person killed, as well as 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated assault. His trial is scheduled to take place in February.

Last Wednesday, Crimo appeared in a Lake County courtroom to plead guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. But in a stunning scene, Crimo rejected the plea deal that would have sent him to prison for life and prevented him from being released.

According to the Daily Herald report, the lawsuit was filed on behalf of Uvaldo’s family by the law firm Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, which in 2022 secured a $73 million settlement for the Sandy Hook families against Remington over the marketing of the weapon used in the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

In addition, the firm is representing families who lost loved ones in the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the report. According to the report, the lawsuit filed Friday is similar to the lawsuit filed in 2022 by other Highland Park survivors and the victims’ families against Smith & Wesson.