Jul 02 Uvalde schools' police Chief Pete Arredondo resigns from City Council By Associated Press Chief Pete Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News on Friday that has decided to step down for the good of the city administration. He has been on administrative leave from the school district since June 22. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 5:34 'Teachers are not okay' after school shootings By Stephanie Sy, Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn Teachers from around the country told our team of producers they have long been frustrated with the larger public response to shootings and school safety and many have been particularly angry about the way this has long played out in… Continue watching
May 29 Justice Department to review police response to Texas school shooting By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information of what happened in the shooting last Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and how police responded. Continue reading
May 29 WATCH: Biden, first lady visit memorial at Uvalde elementary school By Zeke Miller, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered comfort Sunday to a city gripped by grief and anger as they paid respects at a memorial to 19 students and two teachers slain during a mass shooting at a Texas… Continue reading
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