Families of SC’s Charleston Church Mass Shooting To Get $88 Million Settlement

The federal government will pay the survivors of the Mother Emanuel AME shooting and families of the nine victims murdered by a white supremacist in 2015. The total of settlement is $88 million. The lawsuits alleged that the FBI, which had a duty to perform background checks on handgun buyers, was negligent when the agency performed a background check on Roof, who had just turned 21.

The individual settlements for all the victims were filed in the U.S. District Court in Columbia. It was approved by the U.S. Department of Justice. The agreement still must be finalized. “For those killed in the shooting, the settlements range from $6 million to $7.5 million per claimant,” the DOJ said.  To Read More Click Here.

Source: The State