 In the first phase, a jury found that LaPierre misspent NRA money to fund a lavish lifestyle. The second phase will be decided by a judge. Dave Packer, ABC News, New York. A judge in Floresville, Texas, cleared the way for the demolition of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, where a man shot and killed 26 people in 2017 and wounded 22 more. The deadliest church shooting in U.S. history.