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Trial begins in lawsuit against government over Sutherland Springs shooting

April 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Testimony continues today in the trial of a lawsuit against the federal government filed by the victims’ families of the Sutherland Springs shooting. 

Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt Jr. walks past the front doors where bullet holes were marked by police at the First Baptist Church, Tues., Nov. 7, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than two dozen and injuring others. (Source: AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (Copyright 2017 Associated Press. All rights reserved).

The trial started Wednesday in a federal district court in San Antonio. 

The 2017 massacre left 26 people dead and 22 wounded at the town’s First Baptist Church. 

The lawsuit claims the U.S. Air Force failed to report the bad-conduct discharge of Devin Kelley to the FBI, allowing him to pass a background check and buy the gun. 

Wednesday’s first witness Kelley’s wife Danielle, whom he reportedly abused. 

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