Settlement in Sniper Killings
From Reuters
SEATTLE —
The company that made the Bushmaster rifle used in the sniper killings around Washington, D.C., and a gun shop from which it was stolen agreed to pay $2.5 million to victims.
The payout for eight victims of the October 2002 shootings was the first of its kind by a gun manufacturer accused of negligent distribution of firearms, said Daniel Vice, an attorney with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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