A federal judge ruled Monday that the Force failed to flag a conviction that might have kept a gunman from legally buying a weapon used to kill more than two dozen people.
SAN ANTONIO — The U.S. Air Force must pay more than $230 million in damages to survivors and victims’ families of afor failing to flag a conviction that might have kept the gunman from legally buying the weapon used in the shooting, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Deputies were called to Kelley’s home in New Braunfels in June 2013 about the rape case and investigated for three months, Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds said. But it appeared that they stopped investigating after they believed Kelley left Texas and moved to Colorado. Reynolds said the case was then listed as inactive.
’s Criminal Justice Investigation Services Division for inclusion in the National Criminal Information Center database.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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