ORLANDO, Fla. _ More families of deceased victims from the Pulse nightclub shooting are resolving conflicts about multiple claims filed with the OneOrlando victim's fund, according to fund administrator Ken Feinberg.
As of Wednesday morning, only 11 out of 49 cases were still unresolved. An additional two cases for injured victims were still in limbo pending an agreement. About $25 million has been distributed.
The fund, which raised about $29.5 million, is distributing $350,000 to each family of the 49 deceased, and lesser amounts to people who were shot but survived, or to others who were at the scene.
Feinberg previously said that reasons for the conflicts vary widely, including biological parents making claims along with same-sex partners, divorced spouses demanding they get the money to the exclusion of the other spouse, siblings of the dead coming in claiming that a parent was absent or never had anything to do with the victim.
If the families don't resolve the competing claims, Feinberg and Mayor Buddy Dyer have said that the cases will be referred to probate court for resolution.
Dyer also addressed the press on Wednesday regarding the future of the Pulse nightclub property, which is still owned by Barbara Poma through a corporation. The city erected a new fence around the property recently with murals dedicated to each person who died in the mass shooting inside the club on June 12.
"My intention is to keep it, as is, for approximately a year, so people can pay their respects. And then we will convene a group to decide exactly how to create memorial there," Dyer said Wednesday.
Neither Poma nor her attorney, Gus Benitez, responded to questions about Dyer's comments by deadline on Wednesday.
Poma is working with a new nonprofit, the onePULSE Foundation, to raise money for a permanent memorial at the site. Hollywood movie producer Jason Felts, who also sits on the board of onePULSE, referred questions about the memorial to Poma and Benitez.
