A judge has cleared the way for the demolition of the small Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017. The attack in Sutherland Springs killed 26 people including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby and remains the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history.
FILE - Christina Osborn and her children, Alexander Osborn and Bella Araiza, visit a makeshift memorial for the victims of the shooting at Sutherland Springs Baptist Church, Nov. 12, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas . A judge on Monday, July 15, 2024, cleared the way for the demolishment of the church, the site of the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history.
Sam Fugate II, an attorney for the church attendees who sought the restraining order, has said the goal of the lawsuit filed in May was to get a new vote on the fate of the building. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs alleged that some church members were wrongfully removed from the church roster before it was taken.
Some who visited the memorial this month after news spread of the impending demolishment said it was a place that brought solace. But the church said in a court filing last week that the structure was a “constant and very painful reminder” and that church members voted in 2021 to build an open-air memorial there. Authorities put the number of dead in the Nov. 5, 2017, shooting at 26 people, including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby.
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