Families of Uvalde school shooting victims reach settlement with the city

Families of the Robb Elementary School shooting victims have reached a settlement with the city of Uvalde, Texas.

Families of the Robb Elementary School shooting victims have reached a settlement with the city of Uvalde, Texas.

City council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the settlement. The terms of the agreement are undisclosed.

"Nothing can ever make up the losses and harms these families endured on May 24, 2022," Mayor Hector Luevano said at the City Council meeting, "but today’s agreement marks an important step forward in advancing community healing, ensuring our city forever honors the lives we tragically lost, and supporting all surviving victims in the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting."

Luevano said the city will also work with committee representatives of the families for a permanent memorial.

Several lawsuits were filed seeking accountability for the law enforcement response to the shooting. Nineteen fourth-graders and two teachers were killed when a 18-year-old gunman stormed into the school.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uvalde-school-shooting-settlement-rcna202554

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