Sutherland Springs victims' lawyer calls government offer 'inhumane, shocking'

[TexasTowelie]

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.”


Four years ago, a man kicked out of the Air Force perpetrated one of the deadliest shootings in Texas history.

Former Airman Devin Patrick Kelley fired hundreds of rounds into the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs — a small town 40 minutes east of San Antonio. Twenty-six people were killed and nearly two dozen were injured.

The government was found liable this summer for mistakes it made that could have prevented the shooter from purchasing the guns he used.

Now, a federal judge will decide what is owed to survivors.

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Presumably, numbers closer together would make his job of putting a dollar figure on the horrific tragedy easier. But the estimates were miles apart, with the government saying it owed $31 million and the victims seeking more than $419 million for the events of November 5, 2017.

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