KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The parents of a slain Kansas City man are suing the manufacturer of the weapon used in the shooting and the dealer accused of selling it to a former fire captain who is charged in federal court with knowingly supplying firearms to felons.

Alvino and Beverly Crawford filed the wrongful death lawsuit this week in Jackson County Circuit Court on behalf of their son, Alvino Dwight Crawford Jr., The Kansas City Star reports . Phone messages that The Associated Press left with manufacturer Jimenez Arms, dealer Green Tip Arms and the former fire captain, James Samuels, weren'...