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You may recall back in November 2017 when a lunatic named Devin Kelley shot up a church<\/a> in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing 26 people. It was a horrifying event but it never even went to trial because Kelley took his own life after trying to flee. (Or at least that\u2019s one version of the story.) There has been a legal case making its way through the courts ever since then. Family members and victims sued the government after a judge ruled the government to be partially responsible for the tragedy. This week, a tentative settlement was announced<\/a> by the Justice Department. If it is approved, the plaintiffs could receive more than 144 million dollars. (NBC News)<\/p>\n The victims of the\u00a02017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas,<\/a>\u00a0in which 26 were killed, have reached a \u201ctentative agreement\u201d with the Justice Department to settle a case against the federal government for $144.5 million.<\/p>\n If the settlement is finalized, it will likely end\u00a0<\/strong>a yearslong legal battle over a federal judge\u2019s ruling that the U.S. government bears some responsibility for the attack because it failed to submit the shooter\u2019s criminal history into a database that would have prevented him from purchasing firearms.<\/p>\n In a statement on Wednesday morning, the Justice Department said that it had reached \u201can agreement in principle\u201d that \u201cwould resolve the pending appeals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n