The family of an 18-year-old shot to death at a party by a 20-year-old acquaintance has filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit.
In the suit, filed in Hamilton County Circuit Court on Wednesday, the family of Myles Compton lists five defendants, including Myles Stout, now 21, who is accused of shooting Compton and trying to hide the evidence, and his friend Kevin Driscoll, who police say gave Stout the gun, knowingly let him load it and hid extra rounds before the police investigation.
Also named are Driscoll’s parents, Jerry and Patricia, who own the gun and are accused of allowing minors to drink in their East Brainerd home the night Compton was killed; and Mapco Express Inc., one of whose local stores is accused of knowingly selling alcohol to minors.
The Comptons’ attorney, Amelia Roberts, declined to comment until the conclusion of Stout’s criminal trial, which is set to begin March 6. He faces charges of second-degree murder, reckless endangerment and reckless homicide.
Kevin, Jerry and Patricia Driscoll were not charged in the shooting.