Oct 22 Texas fires 1st state police officer amid fallout over response to Uvalde shooting By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre and becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to… Continue reading
Oct 06 Uvalde school district abruptly fires ex-trooper who stood by during shooting after outcry By Paul J. Weber, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press Uvalde school officials have abruptly fired a former Texas state trooper who was on scene of the Robb Elementary School massacre in May and then hired by the school district. Continue reading
Sep 06 New federal gun law could be a breakthrough for victims of abuse By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Victims of abuse and their families saw a quiet breakthrough this summer when a new bipartisan gun safety law made it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms. Continue reading
Sep 02 ‘Red flag’ laws get little use even as mass shootings, gun deaths soar By Bernard Condon, Associated Press An AP analysis found many U.S. states barely use "red flag" laws that allow police to take guns away from people threatening to kill, a trend blamed on lack of awareness of the laws and a reluctance to enforce them… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 3:20 Uvalde residents respond to police chief’s dismissal after elementary school massacre By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris Pressure has been building for accountability after a disastrous police response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. But on Wednesday, the school board fired Uvalde school district police Chief Pete Arredondo who, who had already been suspended without pay. Continue watching
Jul 19 Uvalde school shooter left trail of warning signs ahead of attack By Bernard Condon, Associated Press The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas left so many hints that he was violent and obsessed with notoriety that former classmates began calling him "school shooter."… Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 2:55 Gun violence in America shows no sign of slowing after new spate of mass shootings By Amna Nawaz, Lizz Bolaji From Indiana to Texas to Florida and many other places, communities, families and individuals are coping today with the aftermath of violence that remains all too routine amid the continuing epidemic of shootings and gun-related deaths in America. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 2:09 News Wrap: Texas authorities detail Uvalde failures in new report In our news wrap, the Texas House of Representatives released a nearly 80-page report detailing the inaction of hundreds of law enforcement officials on the scene of the mass shooting in Uvalde. Plus, President Biden wrapped up his trip to… Continue watching
Jul 13 Anguish in Uvalde over surveillance video of police response to shooting By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America, Paul Weber, Associated Press Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with an AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were… Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 5:39 New video shows inaction by Uvalde officers during school shooting It’s been seven weeks since a gunman opened fire inside Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and 2 teachers. Deep questions remain on why officers waited over an hour to confront the gunman. But new surveillance footage out… Continue watching