Sutherland Springs, wrongful death lawsuit, Jeff Mateer: Your Friday evening roundup

November 10,  2017 By Holly Rusak Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? [It's here](. Frank Ohnesorge is the owner of Acme Guns & Gear in Floresville on Nov. 9. First Baptist Church in Sutherland was the site of a shooting that killed 26 parishioners and left 30 injured. (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer) Sutherland springs After massacre, a Texas town says more guns are the answer With horror, the mother realized the thunderous bangs near her house were gunfire. She grabbed her three children and two firearms, and hid in the bathroom, shaking and scared. "[The only sense of protection that I felt like I had were those guns in my house](," said Lagena Garcia, 31. The mass shooting at First Baptist Church that killed 26 people and wounded 20 others has not made the residents of this rural area east of San Antonio reconsider their belief in guns. It has only reinforced the sense that the answer to America's mass shooting problem is not gun control. It's more guns — more guns in the hands of good people who can stop the bad guy. After all, they say, the shooter, Devin Patrick Kelley, was stopped by a neighbor of the church, Stephen Willeford, who confronted him with a rifle. Without Willeford's armed response, there's no telling how many more would've died. Battling grief:  [Sutherland Springs tries to move on from tragedy](. Violence and views: Five months after a gunman opened fire on a group of GOP lawmakers during baseball practice, [Austin Rep. Roger Williams is among those still dealing with the aftermath of a life interrupted by violence](. special offer [limited offer digital access]( Olivia Steinborn, 4, who died after being taken to Excel ER in Keller. (Courtesy) health care Family sues Texas emergency room chain for over $1M after preschooler's death A medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Dallas County Court claims a freestanding facility run by Excel ER, among other things, [failed to properly evaluate a 4-year-old girl’s condition and improperly discharged her home]( instead of immediately transferring her to a hospital. Her parents first took her to the ER about 2 a.m. But nearly five hours later, her condition had worsened. By the time she reached the facility for the second time, she was in full cardiopulmonary arrest. An autopsy report from the Tarrant County medical examiner, done on Aug. 8, the day after the incident, found Olivia’s primary cause of death was bacterial meningitis, a serious brain infection that can turn deadly in a matter of hours. The emergency doctor failed to detect the serious condition, the lawsuit says. The attorneys on this case say the incident goes beyond a typical medical mistake. It raises questions about staffing, oversight and experience at Excel ER's freestanding facilities. Grocery stores: Lone Star Funds, a Dallas private equity firm, [paid itself $800 million as struggling grocery chain Bi-Lo nears default](. Rent-A-Center: A U.S. government [consumer watchdog agency is investigating the $8 billion rent-to-own industry]( and related companies over questions about unfair, deceptive and abusive practices, NerdWallet has learned. Jeff Mateer, first assistant to attorney general, enters the courtroom where the federal lawsuit on transgender bathroom rules will be held at Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth on Aug. 12, 2016. (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer) Politics ABA gives 'qualified' rating to Texas court pick who sees 'Satan's plan' in transgender kids The [American Bar Association has issued a "qualified" rating to Jeff Mateer](, the nominee for a lifetime federal judgeship in Texas who has described transgender children as part of "Satan's plan." That's the ABA's second-highest rating. At least two and as many as five lawyers on the ABA's 15-member screening committee voted to declare him "unqualified." President Donald Trump nominated Mateer on Sept. 7 for a vacancy in Sherman, in the Eastern District of Texas. Two weeks later, CNN uncovered his 2015 remarks on transgender children, and other remarks that year bemoaning state-level bans on conversion therapy — controversial treatment intended to turn gay people straight. The Pan American Health Organization has deemed such therapy "a serious threat to the health" of those treated. Previously: [Harsh questions await Trump's Texas court nominee who sees 'Satan’s plan' in transgender kids](. In Dallas: [Historic building renovations will be wrecked if Trump's tax plan kills federal credits](. [Sign up for breaking news alerts]( (Ashley Landis/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day U.S. Marines give a 21-gun salute during a ceremony before the annual Veterans Day parade on Friday at Dallas City Hall in downtown. This Veterans Day, [read stories about service personnel and how they continue to share their experiences in different ways](. Around The Site - Prison sentence: A Texas man was [sentenced to 144 years in prison this week after being found guilty of sexually abusing his foster children](. - Commentary: Columnist Jacquielynn Floyd asks: [Could the tactics we used against drunken driving work against gun violence](? - Texas sighting: Why is [Mesquite a major location in a Swedish video game]( about Nazis? - In the courtroom: A judge has declared a mistrial in the [trial against a murder suspect who said his victim told him to "shoot me in the head](." - Biker shootout: A judge has declared [a mistrial in the trial of a leader of the Bandidos biker gang]( after the jury deadlocked on a verdict arising from the deadliest shootout between biker groups in U.S. history. - Commentary: [Big Media is examining why our rural town went for Trump](, and that's good, writes Gary Abernathy, publisher and editor of the (Hillsboro, Ohio) Times-Gazette. Finally... Part of U.S. 75 in Richardson, Plano closed this weekend Drivers, take note: [Both directions of U.S. Highway 75 will be closed this weekend in Richardson and Plano]( for the partial demolition of the Plano Parkway bridge. Nearly two miles of highway will be closed from just south of Renner Road to 15th Street, including entrance and exit ramps to and from the President George Bush Turnpike, according to TxDOT. The closure will begin at 3 a.m. Saturday and run until 5 a.m. Monday. Advertisement 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? 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