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Red Lake, Minn., Settlement Reached

By The Associated Press — October 20, 2008 1 min read
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Victims’ family members and survivors of the Red Lake High School shooting in Minnesota will split $1.5 million under a settlement reached with MacNeil Environmental Inc., a company hired to come up with a crisis plan for the school. As part of the settlement, MacNeil did not admit liability. Seven people at the school were killed and several others were injured March 21, 2005, when 16-year-old Jeffrey Weise carried out the attack, which ended when Mr. Weise killed himself.

A version of this article appeared in the October 22, 2008 edition of Education Week

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