Families of the nine people killed in the Charleston church massacre reached a settlement with the US government over the shooter's gun purchase
The settlements range from $6 million to $7.5 million per claimant for those killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and $5 million per claimant for survivors, the Justice Department said.The widow of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney thanked supporters and those involved in reaching the settlement."Even though Clementa is not with us here physically, I know spiritually he is with us, and I know that he's smiling down on us right now," Jennifer Pinckney said Thursday.
Before the massacre, Roof had been arrested on a drug charge that should have prevented him from purchasing the gun had the charge been properly reported during the background check, the appeals court found in 2019.Victims' families alleged the government was negligent in its background check. If it had been performed properly,"no one disputes" it would have kept him from buying the gun, the court wrote.
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