Justice Department is appealing $230 million verdict for survivors of Sutherland Springs mass shooting
Lupita Alcoces, 48, right, hugs her mother, Maria Durand, 78, at a memorial for the First Baptist Church shooting victims in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. On Sunday, Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, walked in on worshippers and killed 26 women, men and children, injuring dozens in the shooting. Durand was a bible study teacher aide at the church and knew several of the victims.
to the national firearms database. The judge also later ruled the government should pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for the families’ court costs.’s name to the database could have prevented him from buying his assault-style rifle.with an AR-556 rifle, killing 26 people and wounding more than 20 others. His wife attended the church, but Kelley had tied her up at their New Braunfels home before going on the rampage in Sutherland Springs, about 35 miles to the south.
Lawyers for survivors and families of the victims say the government is likely to make arguments similar to ones struck down at trial.
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