/tags/sutherland-springs-shooting Sutherland Springs Shooting en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 18:00:29 GMT /politics/2023-04-27/texas-democrat-urges-legislature-to-approve-a-monument-honoring-victims-of-mass-shootings The monument would be placed at the state Capitol complex pending approval by the Texas Legislature. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 18:00:29 GMT /politics/2023-04-27/texas-democrat-urges-legislature-to-approve-a-monument-honoring-victims-of-mass-shootings Julián Aguilar /crime-justice/2022-02-07/victims-family-from-sutherland-springs-shooting-awarded-230-million The gunman in the 2017 church shooting killed 26 people, including a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:54:27 GMT /crime-justice/2022-02-07/victims-family-from-sutherland-springs-shooting-awarded-230-million Paul Flahive /crime-justice/2021-11-30/sutherland-springs-victims-lawyer-calls-government-offer-inhumane-shocking In his closing arguments, Attorney Jamal Alsaffar said the $31 million proposed by the federal government told him that it was “never interested in doing the right thing.� Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:17:36 GMT /crime-justice/2021-11-30/sutherland-springs-victims-lawyer-calls-government-offer-inhumane-shocking Paul Flahive /crime-justice/2021-07-07/federal-judge-finds-u-s-government-inaction-mostly-to-blame-for-sutherland-springs-mass-shooting Federal Judge Xavier Rodriguez said the U.S. Air Force's failure to report the shooter's domestic violence conviction to the FBI allowed him to purchase the gun used in Texas' deadliest mass shooting. Wed, 07 Jul 2021 20:02:26 GMT /crime-justice/2021-07-07/federal-judge-finds-u-s-government-inaction-mostly-to-blame-for-sutherland-springs-mass-shooting Allyson Waller | The Texas Tribune /texas/2021-06-28/academy-sports-cant-be-sued-for-selling-gun-used-in-sutherland-springs-shooting-texas-supreme-court-says The gunman should not have been able to purchase an assault style rifle, but the store conducted the required federal background check, which didn't reveal his past assault conviction, the court said. Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:26:44 GMT /texas/2021-06-28/academy-sports-cant-be-sued-for-selling-gun-used-in-sutherland-springs-shooting-texas-supreme-court-says Allyson Waller | The Texas Tribune /crime-justice/2020-01-21/meet-the-texas-based-church-security-business-training-worshippers-to-fight-back-in-mass-shootings KRUGERVILLE � Liberty Hill resident T.J. Wagner yelled commands at his friend James Johnson in an empty classroom at a building in North Texas earlier� Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:01:25 GMT /crime-justice/2020-01-21/meet-the-texas-based-church-security-business-training-worshippers-to-fight-back-in-mass-shootings Stacy Fernández | Texas Tribune /texas/2019-10-17/feds-say-academy-sports-broke-the-law-when-it-sold-rifle-to-sutherland-springs-gunman SAN ANTONIO (AP) � A sporting goods retailer violated the law by selling an AR-15-style rifle and large capacity magazine to a man who later used them to� Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:38:43 GMT /texas/2019-10-17/feds-say-academy-sports-broke-the-law-when-it-sold-rifle-to-sutherland-springs-gunman Associated Press /politics/2019-08-25/sutherland-springs-pastor-announces-run-for-texas-senate Frank Pomeroy, the pastor of the Sutherland Springs church where the 2017 fatal shooting took place, announced Sunday he is running for Texas� Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:14:36 GMT /politics/2019-08-25/sutherland-springs-pastor-announces-run-for-texas-senate Patrick Svitek /texas/2019-02-05/how-academy-sports-could-be-at-fault-for-sutherland-springs-because-of-a-firearm-accessory From Texas Standard:A state district judge in San Antonio ruled Monday that relatives of the victims of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs can� Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:48:05 GMT /texas/2019-02-05/how-academy-sports-could-be-at-fault-for-sutherland-springs-because-of-a-firearm-accessory Rhonda Fanning /texas/2018-11-05/a-year-later-sutherland-springs-struggles-to-move-past-deadly-church-shooting One year ago, a gunman burst into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. It's been a year of recovery and learning to live without the two dozen� Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:59:29 GMT /texas/2018-11-05/a-year-later-sutherland-springs-struggles-to-move-past-deadly-church-shooting Joey Palacios