A Denver District Court Judge has ruled that Denver Public Schools cannot be held liable for the death of an East High School student.
Luis Garcia was shot and killed in 2023 while in his car on City Park Esplanade, just outside of the school. Last year, his family sued the district under the Claire Davis School Safety Act, saying the district “failed to take all of the reasonable steps necessary to protect the school and its students from serious risk.”
On July 18th, the judge overseeing the case dismissed the lawsuit because of where it happened, saying in one portion of the order, “the Court is not persuaded that these roads are “within the school facilities of East’s property.”…