STORY: Almost two years to the day since the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the city on Wednesday reached a $2 million settlement with most of the families of the children killed in the massacre.
The shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022 was one of the deadliest in U.S. history.
It resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers, after a gunman entered the school and barricaded himself inside adjoining classrooms with dozens of students.
According to a lawyer for the families, the settlement involved the relatives of 17 of the children who were killed and two children who survived.
The lawyer added that under the settlement, the families agreed not to sue the city but would file lawsuits against the state of Texas and the federal government over the response of their law enforcement officers.
Following the shooting, President Joe Biden pleaded for U.S. gun reform in America:
"As a nation we have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby. When in God's name will we do what we all know deep in our gut needs to be done."
A review by the U.S. Justice Department later faulted local police for failing to confront the gunman, and instead waited outside the classroom for more than an hour despite calls for help from the children.
