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Shock, horror as Uvalde mourns children killed in school shooting

Community of 16,000 deeply shaken after gunman killed 19 children at the Robb Elementary School.

Al Jazeera · May 26, 2022

Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school

A father whose fourth-grade daughter was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school and raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.

WEKU · May 26, 2022

Witnesses urged police to storm Texas school during shooting rampage

Onlookers say police were "unprepared" for the attack, amid reports it took up to an hour for police to enter the school and shoot the attacker.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

Teachers hailed as heroes in Texas school massacre as politicians debate gun control

Homeroom teachers were being hailed as heroes Wednesday, a day after a teenage gunman stormed a Texas elementary school, barricaded himself inside a classroom and callously murdered 19 students and two of their instructors.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

What is the latest known about the Texas primary school mass shooting?

After an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 primary school students and two teachers, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke confronts Republican Governor Greg Abbott about gun law reforms and the shooter's social media activity before the killings is uncovered.

ABC News · May 25, 2022

Uvalde teachers killed protecting students in Texas mass shooting, as Governor reveals gunman's earlier social media comments

Police tell relatives that Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles died protecting their students from the gunman who burst into their classroom, barricaded the doors and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.

ABC News · May 25, 2022

Texas Governor Greg Abbott tries to blame ‘mental health’ not guns for Uvalde AR-15 shooting

Texas has some of most lenient gun laws in country

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

The Loop: Texan governor confronted over shooting by opponent, marking National Sorry Day, another French Open upset

Get in The Loop with this quick wrap of today's headlines.

ABC News · May 25, 2022

Stop asking Quinta Brunson for an ‘Abbott Elementary’ shooting episode

"I can't ask ‘are yall ok’ anymore because the answer is ‘no,'" the show's creator and star Quinta Brunson tweeted.

Mic · May 25, 2022

Trump, Cruz scheduled to address NRA forum after Texas shooting

The powerful National Rifle Association’s annual convention is scheduled to be held across three days in Houston, Texas.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022