The families of nine people who died in a racist mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., have reached an $88 million settlement with the Department of Justice, after accusing federal agencies of failing to prevent convicted shooter Dylann Roof from buying a gun.
The settlement also includes money for people who survived the shooting.
Survivors and families who lost loved ones in the June 2015 attack filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, saying the FBI’s negligence allowed Roof to buy the gun he used in the attack. At the time, federal law barred Roof from possessing a firearm. The families filed their lawsuit in 2016.
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