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Trapped with a killer for 77 minutes: Devastating new book gives definitive bullet-by-bullet account of one of America's deadliest school shootings
3 months, 1 week ago

Trapped with a killer for 77 minutes: Devastating new book gives definitive bullet-by-bullet account of one of America's deadliest school shootings

Daily Mail  

Another day in America, another school shooting. Bloodstained Khloie Torres, who was trapped in room 112 of Robb Elementary School while Salvador Ramos killed her teachers and classmates. Calling on personal testimony from those caught up in a nightmare every American parent must fear, 'Uvalde's Darkest Hour' walks us through 77 terrifying minutes – a living hell in which young …

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Former Uvalde school police officers facing charges over failed response to Robb Elementary School shooting back in court
3 months, 1 week ago

Former Uvalde school police officers facing charges over failed response to Robb Elementary School shooting back in court

The Independent  

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Meet The Parents Who've Moved Out Of The U.S. Due To Gun Violence
3 months, 1 week ago

Meet The Parents Who've Moved Out Of The U.S. Due To Gun Violence

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING While many American students and teachers across the country were celebrating the holidays with classroom parties and performances, another mass school shooting occurred. Sandy Hook Promise, a national nonprofit organization founded by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the 2012 mass shooting, reported that 12 children die from gun …

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'Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!’: 911 Calls, Records Released From Uvalde School Shooting
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!’: 911 Calls, Records Released From Uvalde School Shooting

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DALLAS — As law enforcement officers hung back outside Khloie Torres’ fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, she begged for help in a series of 911 calls, whispering into the phone that there were “a lot” of bodies and telling the operator: “Please, I don’t want to die. A lot of people are,” she says, pausing briefly, “gone.” …

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Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was ‘hunting’ children
9 months ago

Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was ‘hunting’ children

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — 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 the law enforcement response to stop a gunman who was “hunting” victims and ultimately killed 21 people at Robb Elementary, according to an indictment unsealed Friday. Arredondo, 52, and Gonzales, 51, are …

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

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Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting
9 months ago

Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The former Uvalde schools police chief was indicted over his 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 Thursday. The former Uvalde schools police chief and another former officer have been indicted over their role in the slow …

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Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted over response to mass shooting
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 …

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Uvalde Families Sue Meta, Call Of Duty Maker On Second Anniversary Of School Massacre
10 months ago

Uvalde Families Sue Meta, Call Of Duty Maker On Second Anniversary Of School Massacre

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING AUSTIN, Texas — Families in Uvalde took more legal action Friday on the second anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack, suing Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, and the maker of the video game Call of Duty over claims the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage gunman. “This three-headed monster knowingly exposed him to …

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

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

The Independent  

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Uvalde school employees, victims of mass shooting begin giving testimony before grand jury: ‘Our last chance for justice’
1 year ago

Uvalde school employees, victims of mass shooting begin giving testimony before grand jury: ‘Our last chance for justice’

CNN  

CNN — School employees and victims of the Uvalde mass shooting began giving testimony Friday before a grand jury investigating the failed police response at Robb Elementary School in 2022, according to several people familiar with the proceeding. An investigator hired by the city announced during a packed March 7 city council meeting all responding officers at the school on …

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Uvalde police chief resigns days after report cleared officers over mass shooting response
1 year ago

Uvalde police chief resigns days after report cleared officers over mass shooting response

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The police chief in …

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Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez resigns days after report cleared officers in massacre at Robb Elementary School
1 year ago

Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez resigns days after report cleared officers in massacre at Robb Elementary School

CNN  

CNN — Less than a week after the Uvalde City Council received an investigative report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre, the Texas city’s police chief abruptly announced Tuesday he is quitting. Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez City of Uvalde The announcement comes less than a week after an independent investigator hired by …

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Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez resigns days after report cleared officers in massacre at Robb Elementary School
1 year ago

Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez resigns days after report cleared officers in massacre at Robb Elementary School

CNN  

CNN — Less than a week after the Uvalde City Council received an investigative report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre, the Texas city’s police chief abruptly announced Tuesday he is quitting. Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez City of Uvalde The announcement comes less than a week after an independent investigator hired by …

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

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

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

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

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Uvalde police response to school shooting was a failure, DOJ reports
1 year, 2 months ago

Uvalde police response to school shooting was a failure, DOJ reports

The Independent  

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Uvalde teacher was left to die on walkway as students with bullet wounds were hurried on to buses before receiving medical aid, scathing DOJ report into mass school shooting reveals - as AG says polic
1 year, 2 months ago

Uvalde teacher was left to die on walkway as students with bullet wounds were hurried on to buses before receiving medical aid, scathing DOJ report into mass school shooting reveals - as AG says polic

Daily Mail  

One of the two Uvalde teachers who were killed during the mass shooting in 2022 was left to die on a walkway - while crying bullet-stricken students were hurried onto buses before receiving medical aid, a new Department of Justice report revealed. Law enforcement officers are told to stay back as an officer - whose daughter was one of the …

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Uvalde report: Robb Elementary School massacre could have been stopped sooner, DOJ finds
1 year, 2 months ago

Uvalde report: Robb Elementary School massacre could have been stopped sooner, DOJ finds

CNN  

CNN — Officers had many opportunities as the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was still unfolding to reassess their flawed response to the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the US Justice Department concludes in a damning new report. “I hope that the failures end today … and that local officials do what wasn’t done that …

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DOJ Uvalde report: Key takeaways
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 …

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

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Former Uvalde mayor wins back job as mother whose daughter was killed at Robb Elementary loses bid
1 year, 4 months ago

Former Uvalde mayor wins back job as mother whose daughter was killed at Robb Elementary loses bid

Associated Press  

In Uvalde’s first mayoral race since the Robb Elementary School shooting, former mayor Cody Smith won back the job Tuesday over Kimberly Mata-Rubio, a mother who has led calls for tougher gun laws since her daughter was among the 19 children killed in the 2022 attack. Uvalde mayoral candidate Cody Smith gestures toward a voter waiting in a long line …

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