The mother of two young children who were in the back seat of their father’s car when he was shot to death at an Austell apartment building in 2016 have reached a $6 million settlement with the complex’s former owner.

The April 24 settlement came after the plaintiffs’ lawyer filed a motion seeking sanctions because the onetime owner of West Place & West Parc Apartments destroyed old police and crime reports, security logs, emails from employees about crime on the premises and other records he asked be preserved.