Uvalde parents lash out at school board after report on shooting response
The report from Texas state lawmakers was sharply critical of law enforcement at all levels. Parents didn't hold back in addressing board members.
The report from Texas state lawmakers was sharply critical of law enforcement at all levels. Parents didn't hold back in addressing board members.
Texas lawmakers released a report that found "systematic failures and egregious poor decision making" contributed to the failures in the Uvalde shooting response.
Eva Mireles contacted her husband Ruben Ruiz as she lay dying inside one of the classrooms with the gunman.
"It started with Sandy Hook. We are going to fight tooth and nail for change."
State and local officials agreed to release some surveillance footage from inside the hallway of Robb Elementary School during the May 24 massacre, which killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers.
Arredondo, the police chief for the Uvalde school district, will resign from his position on the city council.
Uziyah Garcia's funeral was held Saturday at the Immanuel Baptist Church in San Angelo, where he lived before moving last year to Uvalde, Texas.
The talks come a day before the one month anniversary of the Uvalde school shooting where 19 children and two teachers were murdered.
New details revealed by the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety during an ongoing state senate committee public hearing on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.
Delays in the law enforcement response have been the focus of federal, state and local investigations of the mass shooting.
The officers said they feared hitting children playing in the line of fire outside the school, Chief Deputy Ricardo Rios told The New York Times.
A Texas House of Representatives committee investigating the Robb Elementary School shooting held its first hearing in Uvalde.
All proceeds from the June 16 United for Uvalde concert will go directly to the Robb School Memorial Fund.
The U.S. Department of Education will disburse a $1.5 million Project SERV grant to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District following the May 24 mass shooting.
A funeral Mass was held for Mireles, 44, who was killed May 24 when a gunman burst into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas.
Chief Pete Arredondo said he held back from the door for 40 minutes to avoid provoking gunfire and tried dozens of keys brought to him, but that, one-by-one, they failed.
During a press briefing, the district said parents of the 19 student victims will receive an update in the coming days as to when they can pick up their child's belongings.
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Uvalde's school district police chief did not appear at a City Council meeting despite being newly elected.
A fourth-grader who survived the school shooting in Uvalde testified in front of Congress.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin finally answered questions from the media and victims' families amid growing outrage on the handling of the Robb Elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.
Xavier, 10, was among the 19 children and two teachers killed on May 24 when a gunman burst into Robb Elementary School.
The governor's attention, along with that of the nation, remains on Uvalde following the elementary school shooting that left 19 fourth-graders and two teachers dead.
e House Judiciary Committee plans to vote on new gun legislation that would raise the age to buy a semi-automatic rifle.
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to advance legislation to raise the age limit for purchasing certain semi-automatic rifles.
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During the two robberies, the man wore a dark-colored suit, brown shoes, and a light fedora-style hat with a dark band.
A few showers are possible Thursday along with cooler weather.
A North Texas man managed to track down his wife's stolen car, leading police to an apparent chop shop.
A rural Hood County community claims a crypto-mining facility replaced the peaceful quiet with constant noise.
Caitlin Clark broke the WNBA record for assists in a game in the Fever's 101-93 loss to the Dallas Wings.
During the two robberies, the man wore a dark-colored suit, brown shoes, and a light fedora-style hat with a dark band.
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