The scene outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.Photo: Shannon Hicks/Newtown Bee/ZUM
A settlement has been reached between the families of the victims of the 2012Sandy Hook mass school shootingand the company that made the gun used in the massacre.
Twenty students and six educators died inthe Dec. 14, 2012, shootingat Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The civil suit accused the gun manufacturer of “prioritizing profit over public safety” in the marketing of assault rifles to civilians. A civil trial had been scheduled to begin this September.
“These nine families have shared a single goal from the very beginning: to do whatever they could to help prevent the next Sandy Hook. It is hard to imagine an outcome that better accomplishes that goal,” Josh Koskoff, the families' attorney, said in a statement. “This victory should serve as a wake up call not only to the gun industry, but also the insurance and banking companies that prop it up.”
According to a release sent out on behalf of the plaintiffs Tuesday, the gunmaker will pay out $73 million to the families involved.
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Back in July, attorneys for Remington offered nearly $33 million to the families in a bid to settle the suit — a move the plaintiffs rejected.
In September, Remington subpoenaed school records of the children and adults killed in the massacre.
The attorneys for the families immediately moved to have those records sealed.
A spokesman for Remington was unavailable for comment Tuesday.
source: people.com
