LOS ANGELES – The families of victims in the Robb Elementary School shooting will make their first courtroom appearance Friday in the wrongful death lawsuit against the parent companies of Instagram and Call of Duty.
The court will hear oral arguments over a motion from Meta and Activision to dismiss the families’ lawsuit at 10 a.m. in Los Angeles.
Filed in 2024, the suit alleges that the two companies negligently marketed semi-automatic weapons to the Uvalde gunman before he was 18, and accuses them of being involved in the victim’s wrongful death.
“There is a direct line between the conduct of these companies and the Uvalde shooting,” said Josh Koskoff, an attorney for the families, at the time it was filed.
Christian Riley joined KSAT 12 in June 2025. He returned to the Lone Star State after serving as the senior digital producer at the NBC affiliate in mid-Missouri and earned two Missouri Broadcasters Association awards.