A Uvalde lawmaker said he will file legislation for a $300 million compensation fund for families of the victims killed in May’s elementary school shooting.
, but the gunman was not approached by police for more than 70 minutes after he entered the school.
In the draft of the bill — which he said will be filed Nov. 11, the first day lawmakers can pre-file legislation — Gutierrez said the crime was exacerbated by law enforcement’s “dereliction of duty” that justified the proposed payouts. “The legislature further finds that every governmental unit and their employees acted with willful or gross negligence, bad faith, conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the lives of the victims of the attack on Robb Elementary,” the draft states.“The $7.7 [million] is clear, those kids waited for 77 minutes while cops did nothing,” he said. “The 2.1 million is for the 21 people that died and that goes to injured children.
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