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Federal review of Uvalde shooting finds Border Patrol missteps but does not recommend discipline
Read full article: Federal review of Uvalde shooting finds Border Patrol missteps but does not recommend disciplineA federal report says U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022, were insufficiently trained and failed to establish command at the scene, but they violated no rules.
Not all officer video from Texas school shooting was released, Uvalde police say
Read full article: Not all officer video from Texas school shooting was released, Uvalde police sayPolice say that not all officer video from the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022 was given to news organizations following a court order.
The timeline of how the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded, according to a federal report
Read full article: The timeline of how the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded, according to a federal reportA scathing Justice Department report into law enforcement failures during the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, included a minute-by-minute account of missteps by police at the scene.
โI donโt want to die,โ Uvalde student told 911 dispatcher during mass shooting
Read full article: โI donโt want to die,โ Uvalde student told 911 dispatcher during mass shootingAs a gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, terrified pupils and staff members made frantic calls to 911.
Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting
Read full article: Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shootingUvaldeโs former school police chief has been booked and released from jail following a grand jury investigation into the police response during the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022.
Uvalde families sue Meta and Call of Duty maker on second anniversary of school attack
Read full article: Uvalde families sue Meta and Call of Duty maker on second anniversary of school attackThe families of a group of victims of the Uvalde school shooting have announced new lawsuits against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game Call of Duty and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting.
Justice Department report details how the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded
Read full article: Justice Department report details how the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, unfoldedA scathing Justice Department report into law enforcement failures during the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, includes a minute-by-minute account of missteps by police at the scene.
What to know about the Justice Department's report on police failures in the Uvalde school shooting
Read full article: What to know about the Justice Department's report on police failures in the Uvalde school shootingA Justice Department report details a myriad of failures by law enforcement who responded to the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, when children waited desperately for over an hour before police stormed a classroom to take the gunman down.
Texas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can't meet that standard
Read full article: Texas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can't meet that standardA vision of putting an armed guard at every school in Texas is crashing into the reality of not enough police or funding.
Uvalde victim's mother perseveres through teaching, connecting with daughter's memory
Read full article: Uvalde victim's mother perseveres through teaching, connecting with daughter's memoryThe relatives of 19 students and two teachers gunned down at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are still waiting for answers a year later.
One year after Uvalde shooting, investigation of police response continues
Read full article: One year after Uvalde shooting, investigation of police response continuesA criminal investigation in Texas over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting is still ongoing a year after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde.
Uvalde families dig in for new test of gun industry protections
Read full article: Uvalde families dig in for new test of gun industry protectionsFamilies in Uvalde, Texas, are digging in for a new test of legal protections for the gun industry as they mark one year since the Robb Elementary School shooting.
Texas bill proposes up to $25K for armed school 'sentinels'
Read full article: Texas bill proposes up to $25K for armed school 'sentinels'Texas schools could offer up to $25,000 stipends to teachers and staff who accept the dual role of being armed campus โsentinelsโ with specialized mental health training under a proposal that state lawmakers advanced Tuesday in response to the Uvalde classroom shooting.
No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun laws
Read full article: No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun lawsLawmakers in the Texas Capitol have set aside a slate of proposed new gun restrictions without a vote after hours of emotional appeals from Uvalde families whose children were killed last year at Robb Elementary School.
Uvalde shooting victims seek $27B, class action in lawsuit
Read full article: Uvalde shooting victims seek $27B, class action in lawsuitVictims of a Texas elementary school shooting are seeking a $27 billion class action lawsuit against city and state police, the city of Uvalde and other school and law enforcement officials for failing to follow active shooter protocol, according to the lawsuit filed this week.
Uvalde sues local prosecutor over school shooting records
Read full article: Uvalde sues local prosecutor over school shooting recordsThe city of Uvalde has sued the local prosecutorโs office seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Oxford High School shooting survivors go to Texas to bring comfort to survivors of Uvalde shooting
Read full article: Oxford High School shooting survivors go to Texas to bring comfort to survivors of Uvalde shootingAs the one-year anniversary of the deadly Oxford High School shooting approaches, survivor Zoe Touray, 18, launched an initiative to unite school-based gun violence victims.
Uvalde schools fire ex-Texas trooper who was at shooting
Read full article: Uvalde schools fire ex-Texas trooper who was at shootingUvalde school officials have abruptly fired a former Texas state trooper who was on scene of the Robb Elementary School massacre in May and then hired by the school district.
Texans to host Uvalde high school team at season opener
Read full article: Texans to host Uvalde high school team at season openerThe Houston Texans will host the Uvalde high school football team and wear โUvalde Strongโ decals on their helmets when they open the season Sept. 11 against Indianapolis.
AP, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for records
Read full article: AP, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for recordsThe Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde, Texas, after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May massacre at Robb Elementary School.
Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy
Read full article: Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedyNearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died.
Two decades of shooter response strategy ignored in Uvalde
Read full article: Two decades of shooter response strategy ignored in UvaldeA total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School, more than the entire police force in a mid-size American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida or Tempe, Arizona.
Texas school shooter left trail of ominous warning signs
Read full article: Texas school shooter left trail of ominous warning signsThe gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas left so many hints that he was violent and obsessed with notoriety that former classmates began calling him โschool shooter.โ.
Uvalde video raises more calls for police accountability
Read full article: Uvalde video raises more calls for police accountabilityNewly released video of a hallway outside classrooms at a Texas elementary school where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers is renewing questions about police accountability.
WATCH: New video shows gunman entering Uvalde school, police waiting for more than hour in hallway
Read full article: WATCH: New video shows gunman entering Uvalde school, police waiting for more than hour in hallwayA new surveillance video obtained by the Austin American-Statesman shows footage of the Uvalde Robb Elementary School gunman crashing his truck and entering the school, and it also shows Uvalde officers gathering in the school hallway for more than an hour.
Uvalde's new anguish: Video shows police waiting in school
Read full article: Uvalde's new anguish: Video shows police waiting in schoolSurveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with an AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed.
Report: Armed officer watched Uvalde gunman walk toward school, asked for permission to shoot and got no answer
Read full article: Report: Armed officer watched Uvalde gunman walk toward school, asked for permission to shoot and got no answerA new report on the Uvalde elementary school massacre in Texas says a police officer had a chance to open fire on the gunman but missed it while waiting for permission to shoot.
Graduating Uvalde High School class remembers slain children
Read full article: Graduating Uvalde High School class remembers slain childrenAlmost 300 high school seniors received their diplomas in Uvalde in the shadow of the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two children 5 1/2 weeks earlier.
Unlocked doors were 'first line of defense' at Uvalde school
Read full article: Unlocked doors were 'first line of defense' at Uvalde schoolThe Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside and then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock.
Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known
Read full article: Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than knownDocuments examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the school, where he killed 21 people, 19 of them children.
Deputy: 2 officers had chance to shoot Uvalde school gunman
Read full article: Deputy: 2 officers had chance to shoot Uvalde school gunmanTwo Uvalde city police officers told a sheriff's deputy that they passed up a fleeting chance to shoot the gunman for fear of hitting children outside an elementary school where the gunman killed 21 people.
Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole
Read full article: Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loopholeSome Texas lawmakers and advocates are concerned that law enforcement authorities will use a legal loophole to block the release of further information related to the mass shooting at an elementary school.
Uvalde school where shooting happened has deep roots in city
Read full article: Uvalde school where shooting happened has deep roots in cityAs the small Texas city of Uvalde struggles to heal after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school, thoughts have also turned to making sure the schoolโs legacy as the place that was at the heart of a fight for the equal education of Mexican Americans over half a century ago is carried on.
School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting
Read full article: School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meetingThe school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before law enforcement confronted and killed the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a City Council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being newly elected to the panel.
'Sweet' Uvalde 9-year-old loved 'Encanto,' sports, dancing
Read full article: 'Sweet' Uvalde 9-year-old loved 'Encanto,' sports, dancingEliahna Garica loved the Disney movie โEncanto,โ and the studioโs costume makers sent her parents a custom-made gown and other keepsakes to help them remember the 9-year-old after her burial.
Can journalists and grieving communities coexist in tragedy?
Read full article: Can journalists and grieving communities coexist in tragedy?When tragedies like school shootings happen, journalists quickly follow in huge numbers, putting communities in the world's spotlight in their worst possible moment.
Teachers after Texas attack: โNone of us are built for this'
Read full article: Teachers after Texas attack: โNone of us are built for this'When graduation balloons popped inside a West Virginia high school, a teacher had to reassure students who ducked for cover that the noise did not come from gunfire.
What did police know as the Uvalde school shooting unfolded?
Read full article: What did police know as the Uvalde school shooting unfolded?As investigators dig deeper into the law enforcement response to the deadly school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, a host of disturbing questions remain about what officers on the scene knew as the attack was unfolding.
Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting
Read full article: Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shootingA Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded.
We asked how you felt, following the Uvalde shooting. Hereโs what you had to say.
Read full article: We asked how you felt, following the Uvalde shooting. Hereโs what you had to say.Following last weekโs elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, you might still be experiencing some pretty loaded emotions.
โItโs our life workโ: Michigan-based company sees spike in interest in innovative lockdown system
Read full article: โItโs our life workโ: Michigan-based company sees spike in interest in innovative lockdown systemItโs exactly a week since 19 children and two teachers were shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. The mass shooting has more schools looking at their security measures. Some local districts are turning to Michigan-based The Lockdown Company, which installs an innovative lockdown and alert system.
Texas police: School door shut but didn't lock before attack
Read full article: Texas police: School door shut but didn't lock before attackInvestigators are trying to determine why an exterior door at Robb Elementary School did not lock when it was closed before a gunman used it to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers.
Probe could shed light on police time lapse in Uvalde deaths
Read full article: Probe could shed light on police time lapse in Uvalde deathsSince the Columbine High School massacre more than 20 years ago, police have been trained to quickly confront shooters in the horrific attacks that have followed.
Uvalde a mix of pride and anger as it grieves school attack
Read full article: Uvalde a mix of pride and anger as it grieves school attackDays after a local man burst into an elementary school and killed 19 children and two teachers before officers managed to kill him, the signs of grief, solidarity and local pride are everywhere in Uvalde.
Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe
Read full article: Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probeThe actions of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this weekโs shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
โThey were babiesโ: Vigil held for victims of Uvalde shooting in Southwest Detroit
Read full article: โThey were babiesโ: Vigil held for victims of Uvalde shooting in Southwest DetroitMetro Detroit leaders and the community came together for a vigil Friday (May 27) in Southwest Detroit to honor those 21 people who were killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Oxford High School graduate creates t-shirt to raise money, show support for families of Uvalde massacre
Read full article: Oxford High School graduate creates t-shirt to raise money, show support for families of Uvalde massacreRecent Oxford High School graduate and Oxford Cup winner Hannah Gibbons designed a shirt to show Oxfordโs unending love and support for Uvalde.
Texas school shooting timeline: Massacre lasted more than 80 minutes, officers waited in hallway
Read full article: Texas school shooting timeline: Massacre lasted more than 80 minutes, officers waited in hallwayStudents were trapped inside classrooms with a gunman while officers waited in the hallway for more than 45 minutes, police said.
Uvalde school police chief faulted in shooting response
Read full article: Uvalde school police chief faulted in shooting responseThe police official blamed for not sending officers in more quickly to stop the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the chief of the school systemโs small police force, a unit dedicated ordinarily to building relationships with students.
Officials: Texas shooter talked about guns in private chats
Read full article: Officials: Texas shooter talked about guns in private chatsTexas authorities say the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school discussed his interest in purchasing a gun on private social media conversations.
Child said she survived Texas school massacre by smearing herself in friendโs blood, playing dead
Read full article: Child said she survived Texas school massacre by smearing herself in friendโs blood, playing deadAn 11-year-old girl said she smeared herself in her friendโs blood and played dead to survive the massacre inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Live stream: Authorities offer more details in Texas elementary school shooting
Read full article: Live stream: Authorities offer more details in Texas elementary school shootingAuthorities are providing an update Friday afternoon on the timeline of the mass school shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Students who survived Texas school attack describe scene
Read full article: Students who survived Texas school attack describe sceneA young survivor of the massacre at a Texas elementary school says she covered herself with a friendโs blood and pretended to be dead while she waited for help to arrive.
Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action
Read full article: Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for actionPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesdayโs mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.
โHorrific tragedyโ: Ann Arbor superintendent responds to Texas school shooting
Read full article: โHorrific tragedyโ: Ann Arbor superintendent responds to Texas school shootingAAPS Superintendent Jeanice Swift reacted to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 21 people, the majority of them children, dead.
Timeline: 21 killed, 17 injured in shooting at Texas elementary school, officials say
Read full article: Timeline: 21 killed, 17 injured in shooting at Texas elementary school, officials sayHereโs what we know about the timeline of events of a shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 21 people dead and 17 injured.
Texas school shooting: Parents submitted DNA samples to ID children shot, killed in classroom
Read full article: Texas school shooting: Parents submitted DNA samples to ID children shot, killed in classroomCan you imagine having to submit a DNA sample to help identify your potentially murdered child? Thatโs the pain and agony parents of the kids at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas are living with right now.
Live stream: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addresses elementary school shooting that left 21 dead
Read full article: Live stream: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addresses elementary school shooting that left 21 deadTexas Governor Greg Abbott is expected to address a mass shooting at an elementary school Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
In photos: Community of Uvalde, the nation mourns after mass shooting in Texas
Read full article: In photos: Community of Uvalde, the nation mourns after mass shooting in TexasAs the community of Uvalde and the country continue to grieve, here are some images of how the town is trying to cope with and make sense of the tragedy.
Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shooting
Read full article: Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shootingFamilies turned to social media in a desperate attempt to find their missing children as the death toll in a gruesome school shooting at a Texas elementary school rose to at least 19 students and one teacher.
18 children, 3 adults killed in shooting at Texas elementary school, officials confirm
Read full article: 18 children, 3 adults killed in shooting at Texas elementary school, officials confirmAt least 18 children and three adults were killed Tuesday in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas, officials confirmed.
LIVE STREAM: President Biden to address nation after Texas elementary school shooting
Read full article: LIVE STREAM: President Biden to address nation after Texas elementary school shootingPresident Joe Biden prepared to address the nation Tuesday night shortly after returning to the White House from a five-day trip to Asia that was bookended by โhorrificโ mass tragedy.
Texas elementary school shooting: 2 killed, 13 hospitalized, suspect arrested, officials say
Read full article: Texas elementary school shooting: 2 killed, 13 hospitalized, suspect arrested, officials sayTwo people were killed and more than a dozen children were hospitalized Tuesday after a shooting at an elementary school in Texas, officials said.