Judge Clears Way for Demolition of Texas Church Where 26 People Were Killed in 2017 Shooting

FLORESVILLE, Texas—A judge on Monday cleared the way for the demolition of the small Texas church in Sutherland Springs where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017 in what remains the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history. Following the shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, the church turned the sanctuary where the attack took place into a memorial. Members of First Baptist then voted in 2021 to tear down the building but church leaders have not publicly said when it would be razed. A new church was completed for the congregation about a year and a half after the shooting....