Gun store owner sued by officers injured in New Hope shooting

By Andrew Shepperson

Officers Beau Schoenhard, left, and Joshua Eernisse are suing a gun shop and its owner for selling firearms to New Hope City Hall shooter Ray Kmetz. (Photo: MPR News)
Two police officers injured in the 2015 New Hope City Hall shooting are suing the gun store and its owner who allegedly sold the shooter guns through a third party straw buyer.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports police officers Beau Schoenhard and Joshua Eernisse say shooter Ray Kmetz should have never been able to buy a gun, as years earlier he had been involuntarily committed to a mental institution.
On Jan. 26, 2015, Kmetz shot into a crowd of officers outside City Hall in New Hope, Minnesota. Eernisse was struck with more than 50 pellets, 35 of which are still embedded in his shoulder.
Schoenhard was struck in the wrist from another police officer’s bullet as he struggled to disarm Kmetz, who was eventually shot and killed by officers. Four surgeries and 75 physical therapy sessions later, the damage to Shoenhard’s wrist has finally been repaired.
Represented in part by Jonathan Lowy of the Brady Center, the officers are suing Full Metal Gun Shop and its owner, Troy Bucholz, for allowing another man to pick up firearms Kmetz had bought

Source: Guns.com