Department of Justice tentatively reaches Texas church shooting settlement

More than two dozen people were killed when Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs.
Department of Justice tentatively reaches Texas church shooting settlement
A memorial for the victims of the shooting at Sutherland Springs Baptist Church (Eric Gay/AP)

The Justice Department said it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than 144 million dollars (£116 million).

More than two dozen people were killed when Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs.

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