{"id":1910647,"date":"2023-04-06T08:27:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-reaches-settlement-with-families-of-sutherland-springs-shooting-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:27:59","slug":"doj-reaches-settlement-with-families-of-sutherland-springs-shooting-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-reaches-settlement-with-families-of-sutherland-springs-shooting-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ reaches settlement with families of Sutherland Springs shooting victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-reaches-settlement-with-families-of-sutherland-springs-shooting-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1910647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crosses with the names of victims are seen outside the First Baptist Church which was the scene of the mass shooting that killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas on November 8, 2017. Willeford shot suspect Devin Patrick Kelley, a gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle that opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, on November 5, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. (Photo credit: MARK RALSTON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Geraldyn Berry<br \/>UPDATED 4:57 PM \u2013 Wednesday, April 5, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that the families of the victims of the 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas have reached a settlement of $144.5 million.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">\n      <script>\n         googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });\n      <\/script>\n   <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justice Department Reaches Multimillion Dollar Civil Settlement in Principle in Sutherland Springs Mass Shooting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EYiA3GGsiQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/EYiA3GGsiQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DOJCivil (@DOJCivil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOJCivil\/status\/1643618788259102724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2023<\/a>\n         <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>         <script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n      <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta mentioned that the settlement, which is subject to final approval, puts an end to the legal dispute. However, she emphasized that no amount of money can reduce the impact of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting on the victims&#8217; families.<\/p>\n<p>A district judge had initially held the government accountable for 60% of the incident due to its failure to report the shooter&#8217;s record of domestic violence to the background check system. The families of the victims subsequently filed a lawsuit against the federal government, which led to the ruling that they were due $230 million in compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the settlement represents the third time that the US government has compensated the families of mass shooting victims. In addition to Sutherland Springs, compensation was also provided to those impacted by the 2015 Charleston, South Carolina church shooting and the 2018 high school shooting at Parkland, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The November 2017 shooting took place at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs and resulted in the death of 25 individuals, including a pregnant woman. Devin Patrick Kelley, the shooter, was a former Air Force personnel who had a history of domestic violence, which should have been flagged in the background check system to prevent him from obtaining a firearm. However, the relevant records were never incorporated into the database by the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for breaking news alerts delivered directly to your inbox for free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crosses with the names of victims are seen outside the First Baptist Church which was the scene of the mass shooting that killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas on November 8, 2017. 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