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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’

The Independent UK

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

Texas shooting: school in Uvalde where 21 were killed will be demolished, says mayor

Mayor Don McLaughlin says: ‘You can never ask a child to go back, or teacher to go back, in that school ever’

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Robb Elementary School: Site of Uvalde shooting to be demolished, says mayor

‘You can never ask a child to go back or teacher to go back in that school, ever,’ says Uvalde mayor

The Independent UK

Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad

Relatives of the victims and other members of the community also called for the ousting of Pete Arredondo, who is the police chief of the city’s school district and a newly elected council member.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Senate, in 64-34 vote, advances bipartisan gun legislation backed by Cornyn

The legislation would enhance background checks for gun purchasers younger than 21. It would also make it easier to remove guns from people threatening to kill themselves or others, as well as people who have committed domestic violence.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde mayor accuses Texas Department of Public Safety of "false leaks" and lies

Mayor claims the DPS chief "has an agenda, and it's not to present a full report of what happened."

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US senators announce gun violence bill with bipartisan support

Breakthrough in a 29-year stalemate on gun reform comes after two devastating mass shootings in Texas and New York

The Guardian - US

Locks on 340,000 exterior school doors across Texas will be checked as part of Uvalde shooting response

Texas has more than 1,200 school districts, but the education commissioner promised plans for the review will be completed this summer.

The Texas Tribune

Secure doors were 'first line of defense' at Uvalde school

The Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside and then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock

The Independent UK

US Senate negotiators reach agreement on bipartisan gun violence bill in wake of Uvalde, Buffalo mass shootings

The bill toughens some background checks but lacks the far more potent proposals put forward by Joe Biden's Democrats.

ABC News

Senate gun legislation accord reached by bipartisan negotiators

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan negotiators in the Senate have reached an agreement on gun-regulation legislation forged after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.

Tribune News Service

Here’s how Pete Arredondo and other law enforcement differ on what happened during the Uvalde shooting

New information released by law enforcement sources and the director of the Department of Public Safety tells a different story about police response to the shooting than Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo.

The Texas Tribune

The Loop: Police response to Uvalde school shooting an 'abject failure', La Niña is over, Prince William marks 40th birthday

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Texas State Police Chief: Uvalde Was 'Abject Failure,' Police Could Have Stopped Gunman in 3 Minutes

"The only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering Room 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children."

Al Jazeera

Police response in Uvalde shooting was ‘abject failure’: Official

Public safety official said enough officers present to stop the shooting three minutes after gunman entered the school.

The Independent UK

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’

Mic

The details from the Uvalde shooting keep getting worse

Revelations this week show cops with armor and high-powered weapons doing nothing while a gunman kills children in a classroom feet away.

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The Independent UK

Family of Uvalde victim forced to leave meeting about mass shooting amid claims they ‘intimidated’ people

Journalists, a local chaplain and the father of a victim were all asked to leave Uvalde City Hall on Monday afternoon ahead of a closed-door hearing before the Texas House of Representative

Tribune News Service

Texas top cop calls police response to Uvalde school shooting an ‘abject failure’

AUSTIN, Texas — Calling the police response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw gave a detailed report to the Texas Senate Tuesday, corroborating reports indicating that numerous police were inside the school within minutes of the first 911 calls.

Tribune News Service

New timeline details state’s view that response to Uvalde shooting was an ‘abject failure’

AUSTIN, Texas — Calling the police response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw testified to the Texas Senate on Tuesday, corroborating reports indicating that numerous police were inside the school within minutes of the first 911 calls.

The Independent UK

Armed Uvalde officers arrived outside unlocked classroom three minutes after shooting began

Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS), testified on Tuesday morning at a state Senate hearing

Salon

Top Texas cop: Uvalde "abject failure"

Uvalde chief "decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children," says DPS Director Steven McCraw

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde school police chief “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” Texas DPS director says

Steve McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children during the school shooting.

Axios

Police could have stopped Uvalde shooter shortly after he entered school: official

"The officers had weapons, the children had none. The officers had body armor, the children had none."

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