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Top Texas cop: Uvalde police response was 'abject failure'

The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure.”

The Independent UK

Texas school where gunman shot dead 19 children and two teachers to be demolished

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said a child or teacher "can never be asked to go back in that school ever" in an announcement made during a council meeting on Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Uvalde officer was detained by colleagues as he tried to save teacher wife who called him to report shooter

‘He was detained and they took his gun away from him and escorted him off the scene’

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Uvalde shooting: Texas school where 21 people killed to be demolished

A Texas elementary school where 21 people were shot and killed is to be demolished.

Evening Standard

Uvalde gunman waited for grandfather to leave house before shooting grandmother – who is still unable to speak

Salvador Ramos messaged a 15-year-old girl on social media telling her he was waiting for his grandfather to leave the house ‘before I do it’

The Independent UK

Uvalde response to mass shooting was ‘abject failure’ that put lives of officers above children, hearing told

Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, gave damning testimony on Tuesday morning saying that ‘terrible decisions were made’ by Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo

The Independent UK

Uvalde response even worse than reported

Officers had weapons, shields and a tool to break open the door — but didn't try to open the door for over an hour

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New pictures show armed police waiting in school as gunman shoots dead kids

Security footage does not show police trying to enter classrooms 111 or 112 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where Salvador Ramos shot dead 19 students and two teachers

Daily Mirror

“If there’s kids in there, we need to go in”: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools — but not clear orders

The Texas Tribune has reviewed law enforcement transcripts and footage that federal and state investigators are examining after the May 24 tragedy.

The Texas Tribune

Officers had rifles and shields 19 minutes after gunman arrived but waited an hour to breach Uvalde class

Local police have been under scrunity for catastrophic delay

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle's kind phone call to family of teacher killed in Texas shooting

The nephew of Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed alongside 19 children and a fellow educator during a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas last month, said that "sweet and lovely" Meghan Markle has shared her condolences with the family

Daily Mirror

Uvalde classroom door may have been unlocked entire time as officers waited 77 minutes for key, says report

Surveillance footage shows police officers never even tried to open the door to the classroom where Salvador Ramos was holed up with his victims

The Independent UK

Uvalde officer with AR-15 hesitated and missed chance to shoot gunman before he entered school, say police

There were at least two missed opportunities where officers could have stopped Salvador Ramos before he entered Robb elementary school, killing 21 victims

The Independent UK

Leonard Greene: Just like a Snickers bar, soon you’ll be able to buy AR-15 from a vending machine

Allergy medication. Fireworks. Roquefort cheese and food stamps.

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Uvalde school police chief defends delay in entering classroom

Pete Arredondo said in an interview that he did not consider himself in charge of the scene of the school shooting.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde school police chief defends law enforcement response, says ‘not a single officer ever hesitated’ amid mass shooting

The Uvalde, Texas, school police chief claims he did not wait to act when gunfire erupted inside Robb Elementary School in his first extended interview since the mass school shooting last month.

Zenger

Game Over: FBI Seizes Teen After Massacre Warning From Fellow Gamer

A Texas gamer called the FBI on a fellow Call of Duty player after the latter praised the Uvalde massacre and threatened a mass shooting of his own.

Reason

Uvalde Shows Once Again That Cops Are Just Armed Bureaucrats

What happened in Uvalde is part of a pattern, not an aberration.

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Uvalde School Police Chief Defends Texas Shooting Response

The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history said in his first extensive comments, published Thursday, that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded and assumed someone else had taken control of the…

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Cornyn calls Uvalde killer ‘ticking time bomb,’ sees progress on Senate gun deal

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the 18-year-old responsible for the Uvalde school massacre fit an all-too-common profile of mass shooters: alienated young men with mental health issues.

The Independent UK

Report: Police knew of injured at Texas school while waiting

Police waited for protective equipment as they delayed entering the Texas elementary school where a gunman inside killed 19 children and two teachers

Reason

Uvalde School Officials Think Hiring Even More Cops Is the Solution

Robb Elementary didn't need additional cops; it needed the cops on hand to actually do their jobs.

The Independent UK

‘I don’t want it to happen again:’ Uvalde survivor, 11, testifies before Congress

Miah Cerrillo spoke before the House Oversight Committee along with parents of Uvalde and Buffalo victims

The Independent UK

‘I don’t want it to happen again:’ Uvalde victim, 11, testifies before Congress

Miah Cerrillo spoke before the House Oversight Committee along with parents of Uvalde and Buffalo victims

Daily Mirror

Why Joe Biden can't just pass gun laws as Matthew McConaughey makes tearful plea

President Joe Biden will struggle to enact stricter gun laws in the US, despite a passionate speech at the White House by Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey following the brutal school shooting in Texas

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