Two decades of active shooter response strategy ignored in Uvalde
A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — more than the entire police force in a midsize American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or Tempe, Arizona. But for more than 70 minutes on May 24, not one officer stopped the shooter.
Acting Uvalde police chief placed on administrative leave following release of Texas House report
Mayor Don McLaughlin also says the city will be conducting its own internal investigation regarding Uvalde PD's actions, policies and procedures.
‘Systemic failures’ in Uvalde school massacre, report finds
The nearly 80-page report was the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement.
Google Doodle honors, shares submitted artwork from Uvalde shooting victim
To honor the victims of the shooting, Google has set up an In Memoriam page as part of their Doodle for Google section, with a photo of 10-year-old Alithia Haven Ramirez and her submission.
Uvalde officer who drew outrage for checking phone was waiting to hear from dying wife, lawmaker says
A Uvalde police officer criticized over video of him checking his phone during the massacre at Robb Elementary School is the husband of a teacher who was killed in the classroom and had contacted him after being shot, according to a Texas lawmaker.
Video from inside Uvalde school shows officers milling around hallway during massacre
Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with a 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 killed.
Officials agree to release some hallway video from Uvalde school shooting: report
This news comes after a battle between the city’s mayor and Texas Department of Public Safety over whether the footage should be released.
Armed officer watched gunman enter Texas school before massacre, review finds
Also according to the report, officers spent 13 minutes in the school hallway during the shooting discussing tactical options, whether to use snipers and how to get into the classroom windows -- all while the door was unlocked.
Uvalde mother who got out of cuffs to rescue kids from shooting is now being harassed by police, lawyer says
A Uvalde mother who was handcuffed as she tried to run by police outside Robb Elementary School, but eventually got free and rescued her kids, is now being harassed by police after speaking out about the ordeal, her lawyer said this week.
Biden signs landmark, bipartisan gun violence bill: 'Lives will be saved'
The legislation will toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.
Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo placed on administrative leave by superintendent
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District has announced that police chief Pete Arredondo has been placed on administrative leave.
Uvalde school shooting: Officer whose wife was shot was disarmed and 'escorted' away, Texas DPS chief says
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw ripped into the Uvalde school police chief's handling of last month's shooting at Robb Elementary School and said that some officers wanted to approach the gunman earlier, including a school district police officer whose wife was killed in the massacre.
Uvalde timeline: DPS releases activity log, police chatter as they waited outside classroom of massacre
The Uvalde school shooting timeline shows it took 74 minutes from when police went into the school to the time they confronted and killed the gunman. Throughout that time, unknown officers are reported rejecting DPS Special Agents' calls to go into the classroom, saying, "Don't you think we should have a supervisor approve that?"
Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than previously known, report says
Multiple Uvalde police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in the elementary school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a massacre of 19 children and two teachers. The Texas police chief condemned the police response as an "abject failure," saying officers could have stopped the gunman 3 minutes after he entered the building.
March for Our Lives: Thousands rally across U.S. in renewed push for gun control
Motivated by a fresh surge in mass shootings, from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, protestors say lawmakers must take note of shifting public opinion and finally enact sweeping reforms.
Uvalde school police chief defends Texas shooting response
In his first extensive comments, Pete Arredondo, the police chief of the Uvalde school district, speaks about the response to the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
'March For Our Lives' to hold more than 400 rallies around the world demanding for gun reform
One month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets for a day of rallies called March For Our Lives.
Families of Uvalde, Buffalo victims and survivors testify in Congress
Families of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas appeared before a U.S. House committee Wednesday in an effort to share the human impact of gun violence and the urgency for lawmakers to enact gun control legislation.
Uvalde school police chief a no-show at 1st city council meeting
Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who is newly elected to the panel, has been criticized for the law enforcement response during the mass shooting.
Matthew McConaughey calls for ‘gun responsibility’ in emotional plea at White House
Actor Matthew McConaughey pushed for stricter background checks and raising the minimum age to purchase an AR-15 rifle during Tuesday's White House press briefing. "Now is this a cure-all? Hell no, but people are hurting."