A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to pay slightly more than $230 million to survivors and family members of victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that killed 26 people.
60% responsible
for the Nov. 5, 2017, massacre by former Air Force airman Devin Patrick Kelley at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. "The losses and pain these families have experienced is immeasurable," wrote Rodriguez, who works in San Antonio, Texas.Kelley, whom the judge found 40% responsible, used firearms he should not have been allowed to buy after admitting in a 2012 court martial to domestic assault. The Air Force had failed to enter that plea in a database used for background checks.
In addition to those killed, 22 people were injured when Kelley, 26, dressed in black and wearing a skull mask, opened fire at a Sunday service at the church, 31 miles east of San Antonio.In his 185-page decision, Rodriguez rejected what he called the government's effort to "obfuscate its responsibility" by adopting a "no-fault" approach to damages similar to that used to compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
In December 2018, a government report said the Air Force had missed six chances to alert law enforcement about Kelley's history of domestic abuse.Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York and Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Leslie AdlerSubscribe to our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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