May 28 Watch 7:31 Devastated Uvalde families demand answers on police response Days after the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, devastated families continue to demand answers, after officials admit they did not act quickly enough. Brian Higgins, a professor of disaster management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a… Continue watching
May 28 Watch 5:14 A mother whose daughter died in a 2012 mass shooting shares message with Uvalde parents By Amna Nawaz, Emily Carpeaux, Sam Lane, Frank Carlson Nearly 10 years after her daughter Jessi was killed in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, Sandy Phillips is visiting yet another mass shooting site. Since her daughter and 11 others were killed in July 2012, Phillips has traveled the country… Continue watching
May 28 Vice President Harris visits Buffalo as last funeral is held for victims of racist attack By Susan Haigh, Associated Press The funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield — the oldest of the 10 Black people who were killed — included a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris, who attended the service at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Buffalo, New York. Continue reading
May 28 Uvalde shooting investigation focuses on police response By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, The delay in… Continue reading
May 27 Uvalde shooter’s final 90 minutes fuel questions about police delays By Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Texas authorities say the gunman who massacred 21 people at an elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers. The amount of time that elapsed has stirred anger and questions… Continue reading
May 26 Watch 11:00 Researchers look for ways to identify young people who are on the ‘pathway to violence’ The massacre in Uvalde is again driving heated debate about the millions of guns owned by Americans, and how some clearly disturbed people can get those weapons and wreak havoc in an instant. Mark Follman, an editor at Mother Jones… Continue watching
May 26 WATCH: Texas police say gunman was inside the Uvalde school for over an hour By Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Texas authorities say the gunman who massacred 21 people at an elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers. Continue reading
May 26 WATCH: Democratic senators, advocates urge gun reforms after Uvalde school massacre By Associated Press The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas brought gun control advocates to Washington Thursday to demand lawmakers pass substantial gun violence legislation. Continue reading
May 26 Frustrated onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school as massacre unfolded, witnesses say By Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman's rampage killed 19 children and two teachers. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 6:10 What we’re learning about the Texas elementary school massacre Texas state officials say a gunman killed 18 children and at least two adults, including one teacher, at an elementary school Tuesday in the city of Uvalde outside San Antonio. The 18-year-old shooter was reportedly killed by police. Taylor Pettaway,… Continue watching