On June 10, 2021, a shooting at a Publix supermarket in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, left 23-month-old Samuel Verone dead. The shooter, identified as 55-year-old Timothy Wall, fired inside the store and killed Samuel at point-blank range; Wall then shot Samuel’s grandmother, Litha Varone, and authorities say Wall died at the scene. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reported Wall had a history of mental illness.

Samuel’s family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Publix, alleging the supermarket failed to provide adequate security despite more than 40 criminal incidents at that location in the preceding three years and that no visible security presence was in place. The suit seeks damages and says the company’s alleged negligence allowed the conditions that led to these deaths.

Does anyone have relevant information about the store’s security history or the incident that could help clarify what happened?