The US Air Force has been ordered by a federal judge to pay the survivors and families of the 2017 mass shooting at the Sutherland Springs Church more than $230 million.
The Air Force failed to flag gunman Devin Kelley’s 2012 assault-related court-martial in the FBI database. That would have prevented Kelley from legally buying the gun used in the massacre according to San Antonio Attorney Dan Sciano who represents one of the families.
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 being shot and chased by two men who heard the gunfire at the church, had served in the Air Force before the attack, as reported by NBCDFW.
Lawyers for survivors and relatives of those killed had asked for $418 million, while the Justice Department proposed $31.8 million.
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