Oxford student killed in shooting

The families of two students killed in the 2021 Oxford High School mass shooting have each accepted a $500,000 settlement offer from the school district to resolve their claims.

The offers were accepted before their federal lawsuits were dismissed, the Detroit Free Press reports . The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuits on May 20, finding that the Oxford school district was protected by governmental immunity and could not be sued over the shootings.

Detroit attorney Ven Johnson, who represents one of the families that accepted the offer and two that rejected it, said the offers fall far short.

"It feels like a slap in the face," Johnson told Tresa Baldas of the Detroit Free Press.

The family of Justin Shilling, who was fatally shot in the h

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