AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez is urging the Legislature to create a $300 million victims compensation fund for families of Robb Elementary School students and teachers killed and wounded in the May 24 massacre.
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the Uvalde school shooting. The horrific tragedy has been made worse by frequent revelations of a lethargic law enforcement response that had dozens of state and local police on scene for more than an hour while the shooter remained unchallenged in classrooms with dead and possibly dying children.
Now Gutierrez wants legislation requiring the state of Texas to pay up in what might be the best avenue for victims’ compensation, given Texas’ laws that generally protect law enforcement from legal liability for actions in the line of duty.
