A federal judge in Texas ruled Monday that the Air Force must pay more than $230 million to survivors and victims' families for the church shooting that killed over two dozen people.
, should not have been able to buy a gun since he received a bad conduct discharge after pleading guilty to two counts of domestic violence.into the National Criminal Information Center, and Kelley was able to pass a background check and buy at least two guns because of this failure.
Derrick Bernaden of San Antonio, Texas visits a memorial where 26 crosses honor the 26 victims killed at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 7, 2017. / Credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images Kelley's motive has never been completely clear, although authorities said there was a "domestic situation" between Kelley and his former mother-in-law prior to the shooting and she was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Kelley served in the Air Force from 2010 to 2014, with records showing he served in logistics readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico until his discharge in 2014. He was court-martialed in 2012 on two counts of assault on his then-wife and assault on her child.
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