Mass Shooting Victims To Settle With DOJ For $144M

April 5, 2023 Government, Mass Shootings

The victims of the 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in which 26 were killed, have reached a “tentative agreement” with the Justice Department to settle a case against the federal government for $144.5 million.

If given approval, which is expected, it would end a yearslong legal battle over a federal judge’s ruling that the U.S. government bears some responsibility for the attack because it failed to submit the shooter’s criminal history into a database that would have prevented him from purchasing firearms.

In a statement on Wednesday morning, the Justice Department said that it had reached “an agreement in principle” that “would resolve the pending appeals.”

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The victims of the 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, say they’ve reached a $144.5 million settlement with the Justice Department.https://t.co/txsMpvvxey

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