Latest: Case involving Badger Guns has been settled, will not be going to trial

MILWAUKEE -- FOX6 News has learned the case involving two Milwaukee police officers who are suing Badger Guns for neglectfully selling a gun to a straw purchaser has been settled -- and will not be going to trial.

This case stems from the shooting of Officer Jose Lopez and Officer Alejandro Arce. It happened in 2007 near 13th and Greenfield Avenue. Victor Veloz was sentenced to serve 60 years in prison for the shooting. Jose Fernandez was sentenced to serve 24-and-a-half years for buying the gun and giving it to Veloz.

Shooting near S. 13th Street and W. Greenfield Avenue involving two MPD officers in 2007

A civil lawsuit filed in 2010 alleges that Fernandez illegally purchased an assault-style gun at Badger Guns. Shortly before the shooting, he returned and bought a handgun.

The officers were suing Badger Guns for negligently selling a gun to Fernandez in a straw purchase -- where he bought the gun for Veloz, who could not legally purchase one on his own.

Officers Bryan Norberg and Graham Kunisch struggle with shooting suspect Julius Burton

The allegations in this case were similar to the allegations brought against Badger Guns by Officer Bryan Norberg and Officer Graham Kunisch. They sued Badger Guns after they were shot by Julius Burton, and in October 2015, a jury awarded the officers $6 million. Jacob Collins purchased the gun from Badger Guns for Burton, and jurors ruled Badger Guns was negligent when it sold a gun to a man who was buying it for someone else. To avoid a lengthy appeals process, the officers in that case settled the case for $1 million.