Survivors and family members of five people killed in a 2018 mass shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis have reached a settlement with the newspaper's parent company after claiming it did not do enough to protect employees, according to multiple reports.

The confidential settlement was filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on Tuesday, The Baltimore Banner reported.

According to the lawsuit, family members and survivors of the deadly shooting claimed The Baltimore Sun Co. LLC and Tribune Publishing Co. LLC. did not do enough to protect employees from convicted shooter Jarrod Ramos, who had a grudge against the newspaper and repeatedly threatened employees, according to WTOP.

Families and survivors also reached a settlement with Bestgate Corporate Center LLC and St. John Properties Inc., according to the Banner. The companies managed 888 Bestgate Drive in Annapolis, the former site of the newspaper.

Ramos was convicted in 2021 of fatally shooting John McNamara, Gerald Fischman, Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith and Rob Hiaasen on June 28, 2018. Six other employees who were present during the mass shooting survived, although two were wounded.