Five takeaways from the House committee report on the Uvalde shooting
Among the findings: Police lacked clear leadership and basic communications, school doors were routinely left open and the gunman gave hints of his coming rampage. Full Story
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A year before Uvalde shooting, gunman had threatened women, carried around a dead cat and been nicknamed “school shooter”
Identified as at-risk, he never received special education services and ultimately flunked out, according to a Texas House committee report. Full Story
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![Storefronts around downtown were painted in memorial of the 21 people who died in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde on June 2, 2022.]()
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Uvalde residents frustrated with officials over finger pointing, conflicting accounts and leaked video
Residents and victims’ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the state’s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief. Full Story
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Texas’ law on gun background checks plagued by critical omissions of minors’ mental health records
Lawmakers tried in 2009 to require that the state report all court-ordered mental health hospitalizations to a federal gun background check system. Juveniles have been left out. Full Story
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At their first conference after the Uvalde shooting, school counselors grapple with supporting students in an age of mass violence
One session on school shootings at the American School Counselor Association’s annual conference in Austin this week drew a large crowd. It discussed the roles counselors play before and after such traumatic events. Full Story
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Uvalde mayor disputes report that police missed opportunity to shoot gunman
Mayor Don McLaughlin denied a recent report that said a Uvalde officer passed up a chance to shoot the gunman at Robb Elementary. The officer never saw the gunman, he said. Full Story
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![Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin speaks with Gov. Greg Abbott at a presser at the Uvalde High School on May 27, 2022. Gov. Abbott addressed the response to the recent school shooting, and emphasized the need to respond appropriately to mental health crises.]()
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Uvalde shooting victims aren’t getting compensated from state fund as intended, officials say
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to remove the Uvalde County district attorney from overseeing the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center. Full Story
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![Hundreds of flowers, toys, and candles surround the crosses in memorial of the 21 victims of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, on June 9, 2022.]()
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Texas safety officials will begin “random intruder detection audits” of schools in September
Texas School Safety Center officials said they will alert districts and local law enforcement of the audits, where trained staff will try to find access points into school buildings. But school campuses will not be informed ahead of time. Full Story
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![Diagrams of doors used by the shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde are used during the testimony of DPS Director Steven McCraw before the Senate Committee to Protect all Texans at the Capitol on Jun. 21, 2022.]()
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Sister of Uvalde shooting victim testifies before Texas lawmakers: “I’m terrified to go back” to school
Jazmin Cazares, 17, was one of several family members of shooting victims and experts testifying before Texas lawmakers on Thursday. Her sister, Jackie Cazares, 9, was one of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde. Full Story
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![Jazmin Cazares testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety at the state Capitol in Austin on June 23, 2022. Cazares' younger sister was one of the 21 victims of the recent school shooting in Uvalde.]()
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Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave amid fierce criticism of school shooting response
The move comes weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Uvalde CISD police Chief Pete Arredondo, one of the first to respond, and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened inside the school. Full Story
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![Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo on a dirt road on the outskirts of Uvalde on June 8, 2022.]()
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Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad
Relatives of the victims and other members of the community also called for the ousting of Pete Arredondo, who is the police chief of the city’s school district and a newly elected council member. Full Story
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Here’s how Pete Arredondo and other law enforcement differ on what happened during the Uvalde shooting
New information released by law enforcement sources and the director of the Department of Public Safety tells a different story about police response to the shooting than Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo. Full Story
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Uvalde school police chief “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” Texas DPS director says
Steve McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children during the school shooting. Full Story
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The last hearse travels the final mile: Layla Salazar’s burial ends Uvalde funerals for shooting victims
The unremitting pace of ritualized mourning ended Thursday as the town buried an 11-year-old victim of the Robb Elementary shooting. Survivors now face less structured grief, starting each day knowing they will live it out differently than they should have. Full Story
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![Pallbearers carry Layla Salazar’s white, yellow and light blue casket into Sacred Heart Catholic Church for her funeral mass in Uvalde on June 16, 2022.]()
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Texas agencies resist releasing public records that could help clarify response to Uvalde school shooting
The Texas Tribune and ProPublica have submitted about 70 requests to state and local agencies for emergency response documentation surrounding the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. Most likely won’t be released publicly for months, if ever. Full Story
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Almost 100 Texas school districts have added their own police departments since 2017, but not everyone feels safer
Officials have called for more armed officers on campuses in the wake of the Uvalde shooting. Experts and some parents, though, say more law enforcement on campus doesn’t necessarily make schools safer. Full Story
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Waiting for keys, unable to break down doors: Uvalde schools police chief defends delay in confronting gunman
Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work. In an interview with The Texas Tribune, he said he hadn’t spoken out sooner because he didn’t want to compound his hometown’s grief or point blame. Full Story
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Feds warn that Uvalde massacre, impending abortion ruling and midterm elections could spur more acts of violence
In a bulletin, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that recent and upcoming events could be “exploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets.” Full Story
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Federal investigation into law enforcement’s response to Uvalde shooting won’t be criminal, DOJ says
Authorities have been criticized for waiting over an hour to enter the school and confront the shooter. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said law enforcement agencies have promised to cooperate with the federal inquiry. Full Story
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John Cornyn says bipartisan gun legislation won’t include weapons bans or expanding background checks
Cornyn on Monday made clear in a Senate floor speech that there are limits to what he and the Senate GOP conference are willing to support in their efforts to pass bipartisan gun legislation. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. John Cornyn arrives at a blood donation event at the Herby Ham Activity Center on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in Uvalde, TX. Community members gathered to donate blood after a school shooting took place Tuesday. Twenty one people were killed after a gunman after a high school student opened fire inside Robb Elementary School on Tuesday where two teachers and 19 students were killed. (Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune)]()
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