Families of Parkland shooting victims settle with U.S. over FBI's failure to stop gunman

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The Justice Dept. has reached a tentative agreement to settle lawsuits filed by the families of victims of the Parkland school shooting that left 17 people dead, court filing shows. The families claim the FBI failed to follow up on tip about the gunman.

The families claimed that the FBI failed to follow up on tip about the gunman.

“The parties are presently working to finalize additional details before submission for final approval by the appropriate Department of Justice official,” a notice filed in U.S. District Court in Florida said. According to the filing, once the details are finalized and the settlement is approved, the families will ask the court to dismiss the cases.In the days after the incident Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — one of the deadliest school shootings in recent U.S. history — thethat someone close to the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, had called an agency tip line about him.

The person described Cruz's"gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts," the agency said at the time.The tip wasn't assessed as a"potential threat to life" or forwarded to the FBI's field office in Miami, about 40 miles south of Parkland, as it should have been, the agency said.

“Although no resolution could ever restore what the Parkland families lost, this settlement marks an important step toward justice,” she said.In a statement, he apologized for his crimes, saying they bring him nightmares daily. Jury selection for his sentencing is scheduled to begin Jan. 4.: A previous version of this article misstated the date of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It was Feb. 14, 2018, not Feb. 16.

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