The Latest Breaking News from Elementary School

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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

Man with knife hurts woman, child at school in Germany

Police say a man apparently attacked a woman and a 7-year-old girl with a knife at an elementary school in southwestern Germany and then fled

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

A school reflects on a full year with mandatory masks: ‘We’re used to it’

First grader Khamoni Davis-Victor kept her face mask tucked under her chin as she munched on lunch Wednesday in the cafeteria at Yorkship Elementary School in Camden, New Jersey.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 10, 2022

Police fatally shoot person trying to enter Alabama school

Authorities say a person who was trying to get into an Alabama elementary school where a summer program was being held was shot to death by police

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Blaming 'evil' for mass violence isn’t as simple as it seems – a philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word

The word “evil” circulates widely in the wake of terrible public violence. The May 24, 2022, massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is a case in point.

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2022

Casualty axes school shooting episode after Texas massacre at elementary

Casualty's school shooting episode has been rescheduled for now by BBC bosses in light of the Texas tragedy at an elementary school, which resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

Editorial: One nation, under the gun: In Washington, a reminder of the stark stakes of firearm madness

The Supreme Court issued only one opinion Wednesday morning. Fortunately for New York, which is bracing for the activist “conservative” majority to shred the state’s protective gun permitting law, it had nothing to do with firearms. Meanwhile, a 10-minute walk away in the Capitol, Republican political allies of those justices…

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

The creator of the FBI mass shooting protocol is 'shocked' by Uvalde police response

After Sandy Hook, Katherine Schweit created a program to navigate similar crises. She says the way law enforcement handled the shooting in Uvalde went against everything they trained for.

WEKU · Jun 9, 2022

Wednesday’s funeral in Uvalde remembers 10-year-old Annabell Rodriguez

Community members in Uvalde, Texas, said goodbye Wednesday to another student killed at Robb Elementary School last month.

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Uvalde survivor tells Congress she covered herself in blood to save her life

An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.”

France 24 · Jun 9, 2022