ATLANTA - The parents of a Spelman College student killed by a stray bullet as she walked on the Clark Atlanta University campus are suing the university for their daughter's death.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Fulton County State Court, Constance Franklin and Clint Lynn of Kansas City, Mo., say Clark Atlanta did not take "necessary actions to properly secure its campus." The lawsuit claims that lack of security directly led to the Sept. 3 shooting death of 19-year-old Jasmine Lynn.

The lawsuit asks for an unspecified amount of money.

Franklin said her daughter was so proud of getting into Spelman that she gave her acceptance letter to her mother as a Christmas gift in 2008. Lynn had a 3.8 GPA and was studying to be a clinical psychologist, according to the suit.

"No amount of money could heal my pain," Franklin said during a news conference in downtown Atlanta after the lawsuit was filed. "I don't want another parent to have to stand here in my shoes. We have to save our babies."

Clark Atlanta spokesman Larry Calhoun declined comment. He said the university had not yet received the lawsuit.

Lynn was killed outside a Clark Atlanta dorm when a fight broke out nearby and shots were fired. One person has been charged in the shooting.

The campus is part of the Atlanta University Center along with Spelman and Morehouse College, which are situated in one of Atlanta's tougher neighborhoods. Students commonly cross between schools to visit each other and can take courses on each other's campuses.

The Clark Atlanta campus is more open than Spelman or Morehouse, which are gated.