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July 7, 2021
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(WASHINGTON) A federal judge found the United States Air Force 60% responsible for the mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in November 2017.
Devin Kelley opened fire inside the First Baptist Church, 40 miles outside of San Antonio, during a Sunday service and killed 26 people from ages 5 to 72, making it the worst mass shooting at a house of worship ever.
In a civil lawsuit brought by families and victims of the shooting against the government, Judge Xavier Rodriguez found that because Kelley was investigated and court-martialed for assaulting his then-wife and her stepson on an Air Force base, the service should have alerted the FBI that Kelley could not legally purchase a gun through its alert system.
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Brief / July 7, 2021
SAN ANTONIO In a case arising from the 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a federal court
ruled the government was 60% responsible for former serviceman Devin Kelley’s attack, due to its failure to operate the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The Air Force had multiple opportunities to submit Kelley’s fingerprints and criminal history to the FBI, but failed to do so, and Kelley was able to purchase firearms even though he shouldn’t have been able to pass the background check.
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