FILE- Law enforcement officers artifact disconnected the entranceway to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Feb. 15, 2018 successful Parkland, Fla., pursuing a deadly shooting astatine the school. The families of astir of those killed successful the 2018 Florida precocious schoolhouse massacre person settled their suit against the national government. Sixteen of the 17 killed astatine Marjory Stoneman Douglas High successful Parkland had sued implicit the FBIs nonaccomplishment to halt the gunman adjacent though it had received accusation helium intended to attack. The colony reached Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 is confidential. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) (Wilfredo Lee, Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Broward County, Florida, schoolhouse territory volition wage much than $26 cardinal to the families of 17 radical killed and immoderate of those injured successful the 2018 Valentine's Day massacre astatine Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Board members approved the 2 ineligible settlements connected Tuesday.

A full of $25 cardinal volition beryllium shared by 51 plaintiffs, including families of the 17 dormant arsenic good arsenic students and unit who were injured.

Another $1.25 cardinal volition beryllium paid successful 1 lump sum to Anthony Borges, who suffered immoderate of the astir terrible injuries. His lawyer divided disconnected from the larger case, saying Borges volition person a beingness of costly aesculapian needs, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

The estates of the dormant volition get astir $1 cardinal each, and 16 radical who were injured volition person from $345,000 to astir $777,000. Nineteen others who suffered trauma volition person $22,800. Payouts volition beryllium made successful 3 installments.

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Nikolas Cruz, 23, pleaded blameworthy successful October to the murders, and awaits a condemnation of decease oregon beingness successful situation aboriginal adjacent year.

“While we admit nary magnitude of wealth tin marque these families whole, it is the schoolhouse board’s anticipation that this colony volition amusement our heartfelt committedness to the MSD families, students, staff, module and to the full Broward County community,” said Marylin Batista, the board's interim wide counsel.

Last month, attorneys for 16 of the 17 radical killed and immoderate of those wounded said they had reached a monetary colony with the national authorities implicit the FBI’s nonaccomplishment to analyse a extremity it received astir a period earlier the massacre.

The attorneys astatine the clip said the national settlement’s details were confidential, but a idiosyncratic acquainted with the woody said the authorities volition wage the families $127.5 cardinal overall. The idiosyncratic requested anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to sermon the amount.

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