The family of Reat Underwood and William Corporon, who were shot and killed outside the Jewish Community Center, has settled a lawsuit filed last July against Walmart.
The terms of the settlement are confidential, but the details that led up to it are public.
On April 9, 2014, Frazier Glenn Cross and his friend John Mark Reidle went to a Walmart outside of Springfield.
According to court documents, Cross picked out a Remington shotgun and began the purchase.
Cross, who at the time was a convicted felon, told the salesperson that he had forgotten his ID so he had his friend buy the weapon—making it an illegal straw purchase.
Four days later Cross targeted the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom. He shot and killed Corporon, Underwood and Terri LaManno. None of them were Jewish.
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On Tuesday, the attorney for the Corporon family said in a statement he pursued this case because they “help ensure that firearms retailers follow the law. Straw purchases are one of the primary ways that criminals obtain firearms, and retailers must exercise vigilance in spotting and stopping suspected straw purchases.”
Walmart said in a statement it was “pleased to have resolved this case.”
