The deal will pay more than 75 plaintiffs who sued the U.S. Air Force for failing to report the gunman's violent record to an FBI database years before he shot up the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs in 2017.
Evelyn Hill, 8, with her aunt, Sarah Slavin, and Sarah's daughter, Elene Slavin, 3, all members of the Holcombe family, look at the memorial in Floresville dedicated in 2018 to those killed in the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, including nine members of their family.A federal judge on Tuesday approved a $144.5 million settlement for families of victims of the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
“We are thankful that Judge Rodriguez and his hard-working staff handled this approval so efficiently for these children and families,” said Jamal Alsaffar, the lead trial lawyer for the plaintiffs. “Now all that is needed is for the Department of Justice to swiftly approve payment for these families. I’ve been assured, and do believe, that the DOJ will fulfill that obligation to the victims.
In a trial, the families' lawyers argued that the Air Force failed to report his domestic violence conviction to a national FBI database that is used in background checks for gun purchases. They argued that, had the conviction been on record, he would not have been able to buy guns legally.
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