Marco Anthony Delgado Jr. was 13 when he was shot and killed on October 7, 1995, in Long Beach, California. He and two friends had been admitted to see the R-rated film Dead Presidents at a local AMC theater without adult supervision. One of the boys, Raymond Aiolentuna, became agitated during the movie and later shot Marco on a nearby street corner.

Marco’s parents, Beatriz and Marcos Delgado, sued American Multi-Cinema, Inc., alleging the theater was negligent for allowing minors to view an R-rated film unaccompanied and that this contributed to their son’s death. The court initially let the case proceed but later sustained AMC’s demurrer without leave to amend and dismissed the complaint.

No criminal charges against AMC or its employees were brought in the civil case described. Did anyone in Long Beach at the time remember the theater’s enforcement of age rules or the boys involved?