Lawsuit Filed Over 2022 Greenwood Park Mall Shooting

Source: PHOTO: WISH-TV

GREENWOOD, Ind. — The family of a man killed in the 2022 Greenwood Park Mall shooting is now suing mall ownership and the security company tasked with keeping mall customers safe.

Victor Gomez was shot and killed by Jonathan Sapirman on July 17th, 2022, in the food court at the Greenwood Park Mall, owned by Simon Property Group. The Gomez family argues mall ownership was negligent and employees should have been paying attention to security cameras when Sapirman walked through the mall with a large, suspicious backpack.

Sapirman walked into the food court restroom, dumped some electronics into the toilet, walked out with a gun and started shooting. He killed Gomez and Rosa and Pedro Pineda before being shot and killed by a mall customer.

There were other people shot that day, and one family of a survivor has also sued Simon Property Group and Allied Security.

In December of 2022, a police investigation could not come to a conclusive reason why Jonathan Sapirman acted out the shooting.

Police managed to learn he had a fascination with mass shootings and killers.

“There is no clear motive as to why the shooter committed this crime or why he chose the time and place to do it,” said Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison in a 2022 press conference.