California family sues city for $40M after repeat offender allegedly kills beloved lab tech outside library

The family of 68-year-old California lab technician Reinaldo Lefonts is suing the city of Downey for $40 million, alleging officials failed to protect residents after a repeat offender was released from jail hours before allegedly stabbing Lefonts outside a public library.

"He wasn't just killed, he was murdered," Reinaldo's son Michael Lefonts told "Fox & Friends First" on Tuesday.

"And when you hear something like that, the man you admire your whole life, it shatters you to the bone.