The city of Uvalde, Texas, has reached a settlement with most of the families of children who were shot by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in 2022, lawyers for the families said on Wednesday. To avert a lawsuit, the city promised to overhaul the city’s police force, create a permanent memorial to the victims and pay $2 million, the lawyers said.

Families of Uvalde shooting victims announce $2 million settlement. Twenty-one people, 19 students and two teachers, were killed by a teen gunman at Robb Elementary School.

Uvalde police were heavily criticized over their response to the 2022 shooting, as they waited more than one hour to confront the shooter after he had killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.