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Uvalde school shooting
The police response to the Uvalde shooting was riddled with failures, a new DOJ report says
The Justice Department says police officials who responded to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, “demonstrated no urgency” in setting up a command post and failed to treat the killings as an active shooter situation.
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Justice Department report into Uvalde school shooting expected this week
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Uvalde school shooting evidence won’t go before grand jury this year, prosecutor says
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Her daughter was killed in the Robb Elementary shooting. Now she’s running for mayor of Uvalde
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Texas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can’t meet that standard
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Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down
The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down.
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Uvalde schools suspend entire police force after outrage
Uvalde school leaders have pulled its embattled campus police force off the job four months after the Robb Elementary School shooting.
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Uvalde schools fire ex-Texas trooper who was at shooting
Uvalde 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.
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Broken trust still felt in Uvalde as school year approaches
The firing of Uvalde’s embattled school police chief hasn’t satisfied or reassured many Uvalde residents as a new school year approaches.
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Uvalde school police chief fired for response to shooting
The Uvalde school district’s embattled police chief has been fired following allegations that he made several critical mistakes during a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
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Meeting over Uvalde school police chief’s future canceled
Uvalde school officials are pushing back a decision on the future of embattled district Police Chief Pete Arredondo.
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Uvalde schools look to fire Chief Arredondo after shooting
Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students.
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Outcry after Uvalde pressures schools to keep kids safe
The mass shooting that left 21 people dead inside Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has parents there and across the nation demanding safer schools.
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Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy
Nearly 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.
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Texas school shooter left trail of ominous warning signs
The 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 “school shooter.”
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Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde response
The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an internal review over the slow response to the Uvalde school massacre.
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Uvalde report: 376 officers but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions
A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school.
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Uvalde video shows raw feelings toward journalists linger
Two news outlets’ decision to release an excruciating 77-minute video this week showing police inaction during the Robb Elementary School mass shooting drew a harsh response from residents of Uvalde, Texas, even though they have sought this type of transparency for weeks.
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Uvalde families need help; donations take months to deliver
At least $14 million has been raised through multiple sources for the victims and survivors of the May 24 mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.
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Governor: Uvalde video ‘shocking’ account of police response
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says it’s “shocking” that newly leaked video of the Uvalde school massacre doesn’t match what he had first described to the public as a swift and brave confrontation.
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Lawmaker: Officer in Uvalde video husband of slain teacher
A Texas lawmaker says a Uvalde police officer criticized over video of him checking his phone during the massacre at Robb Elementary School was the husband of a teacher killed in the classroom.
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Uvalde victim’s sister pleads for tougher gun laws in Texas
The sister of a 9-year-old girl killed in the Uvalde school shooting rampage has tearfully pleaded with Texas lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws and questioned why so many security measures failed.
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Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting
The Uvalde school district’s police chief has been put on leave following allegations that he erred in his response to a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
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Unlocked doors were ‘first line of defense’ at Uvalde school
The 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.
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Gun debate a side note in hearings on Uvalde shooting
The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre have centered on law enforcement blunders, school building safety and mental health.
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Texas top cop: Uvalde police could’ve ended rampage early on
The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.
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Uvalde 11-year-old was avid runner, is remembered for energy
Layla Salazar adored Koala bears and loved the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and dancing to TikTok videos. Her family said she wanted her grandparents to pick her up as often as possible from school because they would treat her to tacos.
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Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole
Some 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.
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Uvalde girl loved to dance, hoped to have viral TikTok video
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Tess Marie Mata created more than 150 short videos for TikTok and saved them to her mother’s account.
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Slain Uvalde girl remembered as caring and opinionated
Alexandria Aniyah Rubio was opinionated like her mother, and she played basketball and softball like her father.
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Governors forming task force to address mass shootings
The National Governors Association says it’s forming a working group of governors to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre.
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Uvalde teacher dedicated herself to family, students
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Eva Mireles loved her dog, hiking and exercising. But mostly, she loved her family and her students.
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Uvalde school where shooting happened has deep roots in city
As 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 school’s legacy as the place that was at the heart of a fight for the equal education of Mexican Americans over half a century
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Uvalde school police chief defends Texas shooting response
The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history says in his first extensive published comments that he didn’t consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded.
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4th grade Uvalde survivor: ‘I don’t want it to happen again’
An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has told members of Congress how she covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to avoid being shot.
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