May 27 WATCH: Texas Department of Public Safety says Uvalde police waited 48 minutes before pursuing shooter By Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities… Continue reading
May 26 Newtown parents feel ‘transported back in time’ after Uvalde shooting By Michael Melia, Associated Press Some relatives of the victims of the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, who channeled grief into advocacy have claimed success, gradually, in areas including gun safety, attitudes around gun violence, and mental health awareness. Continue reading
May 25 ‘The sweetest little boy.’ Families mourn, await news after Texas school shooting By Jim Vertuno, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Families turned to social media in a desperate attempt to find their missing children as the death toll in a gruesome school shooting at a Texas elementary school rose to at least 19 students and two teachers. Continue reading
May 25 In Texas school massacre, shooter took aim at ‘anyone that was in his way’ By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press An official says an 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, "shooting anyone that was in his way."… 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
May 24 Watch 6:36 Advocate says federal laws need to change to address nation’s gun violence The rampage in Texas Tuesday that took the lives of children and staff at an elementary school has once again renewed calls on Congress to make changes to federal gun laws. Kris Brown, president of Brady, the advocacy campaign that… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 3:32 What the Sandy Hook settlement with a major gun manufacturer might mean for gun control By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes The families of nine victims in the Sandy Hook School shooting agreed to settle with gun-maker Remington for $73 million. The company made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six teachers in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut… Continue watching
Dec 20 A preliminary examination hearing held for alleged Oxford school shooter By Associated Press A Michigan judge declined last Monday to move Crumbley out of an adult jail, but she agreed that the jail needs to ensure the boy can't hear or see grown-up inmates. Continue reading
Dec 04 EXPLAINER: How unusual is it to charge parents in school shooting? By Ed White, Associated Press Guns used in U.S. school shootings have often come from the homes of young perpetrators, but parents are rarely charged for the violence that occurs, experts say. Continue reading
Dec 02 Michigan 15-year-old charged in Oxford High School shooting By Corey Williams, Ed White, Associated Press Ethan Crumbley, 15, has been charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder, attempted murder and terrorism, for a shooting Tuesday at Oxford High School in Oakland County, roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Detroit. Continue reading