New Mexico School District Pays Shooting Victims
The Roswell Independent School District in New Mexico will pay two victims almost $2 million dollars as part of a settlement after a 2014 school shooting.
The January 2014 shooting at Berrendo Middle School sent both students involved in the settlement to the hospital.
The Roswell Independent School District in New Mexico settled with two victims of a 2014 school shooting in court May 1.
Insurance carriers for the district will pay almost $2 million to the two victims, who were 12 and 13 at the time of the shooting in Berrendo Middle School on January 12, 2014. The court-approved settlement will pay for medical expenses and other compensatory damages, according to koat.com.
The shooter, a then-twelve year old student at the middle school, pleaded no contest and is in the custody of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department until he turns 21.
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