2 years, 8 months ago

Texas state police will investigate response to Uvalde massacre

The Texas Department of Public Safety has announced it will investigate the actions of state police officers during the Uvalde primary school massacre, as law enforcement’s slow response continues to prompt widespread outrage and demands for accountability. The agency said in a statement on Monday that the probe will determine “if any violations of policy, law, or doctrine occurred” during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24 that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The announcement came a day after an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives released a report detailing the “systemic failures” of law enforcement officials to respond to the attack. DPS Director Steve McCraw has called the Uvalde response an “abject failure”, and law enforcement officials have been roundly criticised by the victims’ family members, state legislators and the general public for their handling of the rampage.

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Officials release more videos of hesitant police response to Uvalde school shooting

Associated Press

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Videos from the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that police originally failed to make public show officers scrambling to treat victims, parents running near the building and dozens of law enforcement agents standing outside Robb Elementary School. Taken together, the footage underlines the hesitant police response in the small South Texas city, where a gunman killed …

7 months, 1 week ago

Texas chief who called Uvalde response 'abject failure' but defended his state police is retiring

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Texas' state police chief who …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Not all officer video from Texas school shooting was released, Uvalde police say

Associated Press

Not all officer video from the the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022 was given to news organizations following a court order, police said Wednesday as they announced an internal investigation into why the material was not discovered until after a large trove of footage was released over the weekend. A large collection of audio and video recordings from the …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

The timeline of how the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded, according to a federal report

Associated Press

UVALDE, Texas — A scathing Justice Department report released earlier this year 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. Here is the Justice Department’s reconstruction of the shooting, which is similar to timelines previously offered by authorities: 11:21 a.m. — The gunman, Salvador …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

The timeline of how the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded, according to a federal report

The Independent

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Videos and 911 calls from Uvalde school massacre released by officials after legal fight

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Uvalde schools police chief says he’s being ‘scapegoated’ over response to mass shooting

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The former police chief of the Uvalde school district said he thinks he’s been “scapegoated” as the one to blame for the botched law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, when hundreds of officers waited more than an hour to confront the gunman even as children were lying dead and wounded inside adjoining classrooms. Within …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Uvalde schools police chief says he's being 'scapegoated' over response to mass shooting

The Independent

7 months, 3 weeks ago

DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response

Raw Story

"DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. DPS Director Steve McCraw said in a Friday letter to Christopher Ryan Kindell that Kindell could return to his former position now …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas trooper gets job back in Uvalde after suspension from botched police response to 2022 shooting

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety has reinstated a state trooper who was suspended after the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at a Uvalde elementary school in 2022. In a letter sent to Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell on Aug. 2 and released by the agency on Monday, DPS Director Col. Steve McCraw removed the …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas judge orders sheriff, school district to release Uvalde school shooting records

Associated Press

The school district and sheriff’s office in Uvalde must release their records and documents related to the Robb Elementary School shooting — including police body camera footage, 911 calls and communications, a Texas district court judge ruled last week. A group of news organizations including The Texas Tribune sued the city of Uvalde, the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office and the …

9 months ago

How Charges Against 2 Uvalde School Police Officers Are Still Leaving Families Frustrated

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING AUSTIN, Texas — Two indictments against former Uvalde, Texas, schools police officers are the first charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response that saw hundreds of officers wait more than an hour to confront an 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Former Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo …

9 months ago

Texas senator says more Uvalde cops need to face criminal charges over shooting

Raw Story

After two Uvalde cops were charged over their botched response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary, a Texas state senator says more officers should be charged. Uvalde cops were criticised for not stopping the shooting earlier, particularly when camera footage was released showing officers standing in a hallway while the shooting continued. The incident started at 11:29 a.m., when …

9 months ago

Indictment says Uvalde schools’ ex-police chief delayed as shooter was ‘hunting’ children

LA Times

School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, center, at a news conference outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, two days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers as hundreds of officers waited to respond. The police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made critical decisions that slowed …

9 months ago

Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted over response to mass shooting

LA Times

Reggie Daniels kneels at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, after the 2022 massacre. The former Uvalde schools police chief and another ex-officer have been indicted over their role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the local sheriff said. A scathing …

9 months ago

Uvalde cops, who stood idle as 21 died, charged with child endangerment

Salon

Families could get some justice now that criminal charges have been brought against a pair of Uvalde shooting responders who took over an hour to jump into action. The police chief of a Uvalde, Texas, school district and an officer who worked at Robb Elementary School have been charged by a Texas grand jury with abandonment and child endangerment after …

10 months, 1 week ago

Families of Uvalde shooting victims sue Texas DPS officers for waiting to confront gunman

Salon

Your donation to The Texas Tribune will help investigative journalism that impacts state policies and politics. Relatives of 17 children killed and two kids injured in Texas’ deadliest school shooting are suing Texas Department of Public Safety officers who were among hundreds of law enforcement that waited 77 minutes to confront the gunman at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary, lawyers announced Wednesday. …

10 months, 1 week ago

Uvalde shooting victims’ families agree to settlement of just $2m over botched response to deadly rampage

The Independent

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10 months, 1 week ago

Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas on Wednesday filed a $500 million federal lawsuit against nearly 100 state police officers who were part of the botched law enforcement response to one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. “Law enforcement’s inaction that day was a complete and …

10 months, 1 week ago

Families of Uvalde school shooting victims plan Wednesday announcement ahead of 2-year anniversary

The Independent

10 months, 1 week ago

Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response

LA Times

Crosses are surrounded by flowers and other items left at a memorial in 2022 for the victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against nearly 100 state police officers who were part of the botched law …

10 months, 1 week ago

Uvalde victims' families reach settlement with city

Salon

Nearly two years after the harrowing shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — and the subsequent investigations into police inaction — the families of victims are getting a sliver of justice. In a $2 million settlement with the families of 17 of those killed announced Wednesday, plaintiffs hoped …

1 year ago

'The families deserve more': Uvalde city report clears local officers of wrongdoing

Raw Story

"The families deserve more”: Uvalde city report clears local officers of wrongdoing" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. UVALDE — A city-commissioned independent review of Uvalde police’s response to the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local officers …

1 year ago

A new Uvalde report defends local police. Here are the findings that outraged some families in Texas

Associated Press

UVALDE, Texas — An independent report commissioned by the City of Uvalde into a deadly 2022 school shooting found that none of the city’s officers violated department policy, infuriating families of some of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history. City officials hired Prado in July 2022, less …

1 year ago

A new Uvalde report defends local police. Here are the findings that outraged some families in Texas

The Independent

1 year ago

“The families deserve more”: Uvalde city report clears local officers of wrongdoing

Salon

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. UVALDE — A city-commissioned independent review of Uvalde police’s response to the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local officers of wrongdoing, infuriating parents of the 19 children killed in the massacre and at least two city council members …

1 year ago

Uvalde families voice outrage after internal report absolves law enforcement of failings

The Independent

1 year ago

Independent investigation finds Uvalde cops made 'many failures' during response to deadly shooting

Daily Mail

Uvalde police made 'many failures' when responding to a gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a school in 2022, an independent investigation has concluded. Failures of communication, poor training for live shooter situations, lack of equipment available to officers and delays on breaching the classroom all contributed to the disaster at Robb Elementary School on May 24 …

1 year ago

Uvalde parents angered by new report that clears city police of missteps during Texas school attack

Associated Press

UVALDE, Texas — An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers defended the actions of local police in a report released Thursday, prompting shouts of “cowards” during a City Council meeting and causing several family members of the victims to angrily walk out. Uvalde City Council member Hector Luevano …

1 year ago

Uvalde City Council to release investigation of the police response to 2022 school massacre

The Independent

1 year ago

Texas voters support law enforcement leaders condemned in Uvalde school massacre

CNN

Uvalde, Texas CNN — Two men criticized for their failures to challenge the Uvalde school shooter and rescue children and teachers trapped in the carnage won support from voters to continue as law enforcement leaders in the Texas community. Their elected status was also why the Department of Justice chose to name Nolasco, Field and Zamora, along with then school …

1 year, 1 month ago

County Commissioners' Meeting Leads To Uvalde Parent's Arrest

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Brett Cross, whose son was killed in the 2022 mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, was arrested Monday morning following a Uvalde County commissioners’ meeting. In video of the meeting, Cross is seen yelling and appears to point his finger at Commissioner Mariano Pargas, who was the acting Uvalde police chief on the day of …

1 year, 1 month ago

Uvalde, Texas, school shooting: Grand jury investigating police response to the incident

CNN

CNN — Multiple law enforcement officers who responded to the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have been ordered to appear before a grand jury investigating the police response to the incident, a person familiar with the proceeding told CNN. The investigation comes on the heels of a damning US Justice Department report released last month, which concluded law enforcement …

1 year, 2 months ago

Texas Prosecutor Convenes Grand Jury To Investigate Uvalde Shooting, Multiple Media Report

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING UVALDE, Texas — A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting that killed 21 people, multiple media reported Friday. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell told the San Antonio Express-News that a grand jury will review evidence related to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022 that left 19 children and …

1 year, 2 months ago

Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting, multiple media report

Associated Press

UVALDE, Texas — A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting, multiple newspapers reported Friday, as families of the 19 children and two teachers killed continued their calls for criminal charges against officers involved in the hesitant and haphazard police response to the massacre. “I want to ensure that our efforts in this process …

1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: The pathetic lessons of the Uvalde school shooting

LA Times

The Justice Department’s report on what went wrong in Uvalde, Texas, nearly two years ago when an 18-year-old gunman armed with a high-powered rifle slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in their classrooms is utterly depressing, and utterly damning. But it will, one must fervently hope, help other law enforcement agencies avoid the kind of deadly mistakes that were made …

1 year, 2 months ago

Uvalde families renew demands for police to face charges after scathing Justice Department report

LA Times

Families of the children and teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre are renewing demands for criminal charges after a scathing Justice Department report again laid bare numerous failures by police during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history. “I’m very surprised that no one has ended up in prison,” said Velma Lisa Duran, whose sister Irma …

1 year, 2 months ago

Justice Department report details how the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded

Associated Press

UVALDE, Texas — A scathing Justice Department report released Thursday 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. Here is the Justice Department’s reconstruction of the shooting, which is similar to timelines previously offered by authorities: 11:21 a.m. — The gunman, Salvador Ramos, shoots …

1 year, 2 months ago

What to know about the Justice Department’s report on police failures in the Uvalde school shooting

Associated Press

A Justice Department report released Thursday details a myriad of failures by police who responded to the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, when children waited desperately for over an hour before officers stormed a classroom to take the gunman down. “First responders on the scene, including those with specific leadership responsibilities, did not coordinate immediate entry into the …

1 year, 2 months ago

What to know about the Justice Department's report on police failures in the Uvalde school shooting

The Independent

1 year, 2 months ago

Justice Department Report Cascading Failures In Uvalde Texas Shooting

Huff Post

Artist Abel Ortiz, second from right, gives Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, left, a tour of murals of shooting victims, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Uvalde, Texas. via Associated Press UVALDE, Texas — Police officials who responded to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas “demonstrated no urgency” in setting up a command post …

1 year, 2 months ago

Justice Department report finds ‘cascading failures,’ ‘no urgency’ in Uvalde shooting response

LA Times

Dora Mendoza, right, is hugged by a friend as she leaves a meeting on the Justice Department’s review of the 2022 shooting massacre at a school in Uvalde, Texas. Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post and communicated …

1 year, 2 months ago

DOJ Uvalde report: Key takeaways

CNN

Help!” “I don’t want to die. “At one point, Sheriff Nolasco and UPD Acting Chief Pargas were within 10-15 feet of each other outside the exterior door of the northwest hallway; however, they were not coordinating with one another and continued to act independently.” As a result, the report said, a game warden and constable assumed roles traditionally performed by …

1 year, 2 months ago

US Justice Dept says ‘critical failures’ in Uvalde school shooting response

Al Jazeera

Police failed in their response to the 2022 elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, according to a US Department of Justice report. The report cited “critical failures” and faulted law enforcement officers for waiting more than an hour to breach the classroom where the 18-year-old gunman was holed up with students and staff, …

1 year, 2 months ago

“Cascading failures”: DOJ blasts law enforcement’s botched response to Uvalde school shooting

Salon

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Those assertions came Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department released a withering report into the hundreds of Texas law enforcement officers’ fumbled response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, finding “cascading failures of leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy …

1 year, 2 months ago

New DOJ report finds 'cascading failures' during Uvalde shooting

Associated Press

UVALDE, Texas — Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post and communicated inaccurate information to grieving families, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday that identifies “cascading failures” in law enforcement’s handling of the massacre. “Had law …

1 year, 2 months ago

Uvalde shooting: Justice Department to release findings of its review of the school shooting response this week, superintendent says

CNN

CNN — The US Department of Justice plans to release its critical incident review of the law enforcement response to the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, according to Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Ashley Chohlis. The superintendent told Uvalde school board members at a Monday evening meeting that she had been …

1 year, 3 months ago

Uvalde school shooting evidence won’t go before grand jury this year, prosecutor says

Associated Press

DALLAS — A Texas prosecutor says a criminal investigation into police failures during the Uvalde school shooting will continue into 2024, pushing back expectations that a grand jury would convene before the end of the year. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell said earlier this week that her staff are still examining the halting and haphazard police response to the …

1 year, 9 months ago

Texas Department of Public Safety must release documents related to Uvalde school shooting, judge rules

CNN

CNN — The Texas Department of Public Safety must release records related to last year’s deadly Uvalde elementary school shooting, a district court judge in Austin ruled Thursday. District court judge Daniella Deseta Lyttle ruled in favor of a coalition of media outlets – including CNN – that sued the state department last year, arguing that the department violated state …

1 year, 10 months ago

One year after Uvalde shooting, investigation of police response continues

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — A criminal investigation in Texas over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting is still ongoing as Wednesday marks one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde. The investigation has run parallel to a new wave of public anger in the U.S. over gun violence, …

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5 days, 9 hours ago

‘Swatting’ calls spark panic, fear, massive police responses. Can California finally crack down?

LA Times

Law enforcement massed at Loma Linda University Medical Center on March 12 after false reports of a gunman in the facility’s Children’s Hospital. “Unless a threat names a specific individual, officials have limited options, even when the danger is clear.” Rubio is the author of Senate Bill 19, known as the Safe Schools and Places of Worship Act, which would …

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Three Killed, 15 Injured In Shooting At Park In Las Cruces, New Mexico

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1 week, 1 day ago

Three Killed, 15 Injured In Shooting At Park In Las Cruces, New Mexico

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SANTA FE, N.M. — Three people were fatally shot, and 15 others were hurt, after an altercation broke out at a park in the desert city of Las Cruces, police said Saturday. Between 50 and 60 handgun casings were scattered across a wide swath of the park, Police Chief Jeremy Story said, suggesting multiple shooters and multiple weapons among two …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton accuses school district of violating Texas’ 'critical race theory' ban

Raw Story

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune "Texas AG Ken Paxton accuses Coppell ISD of violating Texas’ “critical race theory” ban" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued leaders of the Coppell …

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1 week, 6 days ago

US journalist shares videos of swatting incident at Alabama home, recounts ordeal

India Today

An American journalist based in Alabama claimed he was "swatted" in a now-viral series of posts on X. Sharing videos of the incident, Larry Taunton, an international journalist and author, said authorities arrived at his home in the early hours without any prior warning. I could hear whispers and saw two other men also in body armor, heavily armed." It …

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Police are investigating assault allegations against Republican US Rep. Cory Mills of Florida

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1 month ago

Police are investigating assault allegations against Republican US Rep. Cory Mills of Florida

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Police in Washington, D.C., are investigating assault allegations against Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Mills of Florida, but an official says the case has been sent back for further investigation and might never result in charges. Officers were called Wednesday afternoon to a residence in the Wharf neighborhood “for a report of an assault,” according to a Metro Police …

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1 month, 1 week ago