School Shooter’s Parents Deny Responsibility in Response to Lawsuit From Victim’s Family

In this July 4, 2018, file photo, Ella Whistler serves as a grand marshal as she rides with her family in the Fourth of July Parade in Noblesville, Ind. Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP, File

The parents of a 13-year-old who opened fire in an Indiana school in May 2018 responded to a lawsuit filed by a victim’s family by claiming the shooting was “unforeseeable.”

Ella Whistler and her parents, Cory and Julia Whistler, filed a civil lawsuit against the parents of the boy on Nov. 19, about six months after she was shot seven times in her science classroom in Noblesville West Middle School.