More than two dozen people were killed when a gunman opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in 2017.
The Justice Department said Wednesday it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million.
More than two dozen people were killed when Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. Kelley, who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was shot and chased by two men who heard the gunfire at the church, had served in the Air Force prior to the attack. Authorities put the official death toll at 26 because one of the 25 people killed was pregnant.U.S.
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 12:A memorial stands in the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church one week after 26 people were killed inside in Sutherland Springs, Texas on November 12, 2017. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post viaA lawyer for Sutherland Springs families did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
"No words or amount of money can diminish the immense tragedy of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs," said Vanita Gupta, associate attorney general for the Justice Department, in a statement. "Today’s announcement brings the litigation to a close, ending a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime.
Rodriguez said in 2021 that had the government done its job and entered Kelley’s history into the database, "it is more likely than not that Kelley would have been deterred from carrying out the Church shooting."
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