A Colorado Springs family has sued the federal government, claiming the FBI created a “ticking time bomb” by supplying alcohol, money and access to drugs and guns to a rogue informant who later took part in a drive-by shooting of their home.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by Suzie Baltazar, her 4-year-old son Alejandro Perez, and her aunt Diane Baltazar. All three were inside their home at 736 E. Cucharras St. on Feb. 14, 2009, when a gunman peppered the house with eight shots, hitting one woman in the leg and narrowly missing the other adults and children inside.

At the time, Diane Baltazar said the shooting was supposed to be “a Valentine’s Day massacre.”