DOJ Agrees to $144 Million Settlement Over Background Check Failures That Let the Sutherland Springs Killer Buy His Guns

DOJ Agrees to $144 Million Settlement Over Background Check Failures That Let the Sutherland Springs Killer Buy His Guns

By Paul J. Weber, AP

The Justice Department announced Wednesday a tentative $144 million settlement with families and victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that was carried out by a former U.S. airman who was able to purchase firearms despite a criminal history.

More than two dozen people were killed when Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs.

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