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DOJ, Texas Church Shooting Victims At Odds Over How Much Air Force Owes

The U.S. Justice Department and survivors of a 2017 Texas church massacre are at odds over how much the Air Force should pay in compensation for failing to flag a conviction that might have prevented the gunman from legally buying …

Trial to Assess Damages in 2017 Texas Church Massacre Now Underway

A trial to assess damages owed to families of the victims of the Sutherland Springs church massacre began with vivid witness accounts of the shooting. John Porter Holcombe testified for several hours on Sept. 4 about the horrors of Devin …

Air Force Mostly at Fault in Deadly 2017 Texas Church Attack, Judge Says

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Air Force is mostly responsible for a former serviceman killing more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 because it failed to submit his criminal history into a database, …

Texas Supreme Court: Academy Can’t Be Sued for Selling Gun Used in Texas Mass Shooting

The man who gunned down 26 people at a Sutherland Springs church in Texas’ deadliest ever mass shooting should not have been able to buy the assault style weapon he used, but the store that sold it to him can’t …

Feds Say Retailer Broke Law by Selling Rifle Used in Texas Church Attack

Federal prosecutors say a sporting goods retailer violated the law by selling an AR-15-style rifle and large capacity magazine to a man who used them to kill more than two dozen worshippers at a Texas church. The Department of Justice …

Gun Retailer Sued by Families of Texas Church Shooting Victims

Family members of victims of a Texas church shooting are suing a sporting goods chain that sold the weapons used in the 2017 massacre. The lawsuit filed in state district court in San Antonio alleges Academy Sports & Outdoors illegally …