The DOJ reached a $144.5M tentative settlement with families and victims of the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church. If approved by a court, the settlement will end a yearslong legal battle over the federal gov’s partial responsibility for the shooting.
A makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs is seen in November 2017. | Eric Gay/AP PhotoThe Justice Department announced Wednesday it reached a $144.5 million tentative settlement with the families and victims of the 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.in 2021 that the U.S.
Devin Patrick Kelley, a former Air Force service member, opened fire during a Sunday service at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in November 2017. The shooter died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. “No words or amount of money can diminish the immense tragedy of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs,” Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. “Today’s announcement brings the litigation to a close, ending a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime.”
The tentative settlements will resolve claims by more than 75 plaintiffs arising out of the shooting, DOJ said.with the victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in 2018 and a $88 million settlement to the families of those killed in the South Carolina church shooting in 2015.
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