Survivors and Families of Parkland Victims Reach $25 Million Settlement With Broward County School District

Survivors and Families of Parkland Victims Reach $25 Million Settlement With Broward County School District
Nikolas Cruz, facing 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Feb. 19, 2018. Mike Stocker/Pool via Reuters
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Survivors and families of the victims killed in the 2018 Florida high school shooting have reached a $25 million settlement with the Broward County school district in a lawsuit that had accused it of negligence, the South Florida SunSentinel reported.

A total of 17 people were killed and 17 were wounded in the massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when troubled former student Nikolas Cruz, now 23, walked onto the campus on Valentine’s Day and opened fire.

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