texas, two parents got nearly $50 million. jones has filed for personal bankruptcy, and his company has done the same. i m just proud what we were able to accomplish was just simply to tell the truth. reporter: number 2 an average of nearly two mass shootings every day. communities across the country have been rocked by more deadly gun violence. reporter: data compiled by the gun violence archives shows there were more 600 mass shootings where at least four people were shot, excluding the shooter, in the u.s. in 2022. we begin today with the tragic shooting in buffalo, new york. reporter: ten killed in a racist attack at a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood. police in highland park are responding to a shooting at the city s independence day parade. reporter: seven died. and dozens were injured on july 4th outside of chicago.
the whole thing was fake. reporter: for years jones called the 2012 shooting where 20 elementary school children and six educators died, a hoax. in connecticut, awarded, and two parents not nearly $50 million. jones has filed for personal bankruptcy, and his company has done the same. i m just proud that what we were able to accomplish was simply tell the truth. number two, an average of nearly two mass shootings every day. communities across the country have been rocked by more deadly gun violent. reporter: data compiled shows there were more than 600 mass shootings, where at least four people were shot, excluding the shooter, in the u.s. in 2022. we begin with the tragic shooting in buffalo, new york.
Right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones is filing for bankruptcy following the Sandy Hook verdict. Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday in a court in Houston, Texas.
complete narrative that the department of justice is unable to tell in the confines of a formal indictment. they can say much more they can tell the story essentially. they can tell the story as they really have in sort of the way journalists tell the story. you know, the legal proceedings are much more structured and much more formal. so on the one hand that story may be one the department of justice wants to see out there. but, yes, it gives a whiff of politics. but, you know, frankly, at this point that s unavoidable, just unavoidable. appreciate it. thank you. coming up alex jones declaring personal bankruptcy. what does it mean for the fam es of victims who are owed more than a billion dollars after two successful defamation suits? will jones ever pay the money he owes? we ll look at that next.
The Infowars broadcaster has been ordered by courts to pay about $1.5 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families hurt by his promotion of conspiracy theories.