U.S. Uvalde school shooting victims' families announce $2 million settlement with Texas city and new lawsuits
Source: CBS News
May 22, 2024 / 1:00 PM EDT
Family members of Uvalde school shooting victims announced on Wednesday a $2 million settlement with the Texas city over the deadly 2022 rampage. The group also said they're filing lawsuits against dozens of Texas Department of Public Safety officers and Uvalde's school district.
The announcement comes nearly two years after a teenage gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. Law enforcement officers killed the gunman in a classroom after waiting more than an hour to confront him, which was heavily criticized in the wake of the shooting.
In the settlement announced Wednesday, the city of Uvalde will pay $2 million to the families of 17 children killed in the shooting and two children who survived, according to a statement from the families' attorneys.
"Pursuing further legal action against the City could have plunged Uvalde into bankruptcy, something that none of the families were interested in as they look for the community to heal," the statement said.
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