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Kim Kardashian pushes for father of Uvalde victim’s temporary release from prison to attend funeral

The girl’s father is being held on a non-violent drug conviction

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

‘How much more carnage are we willing to accept?’ Biden pleads for gun control in primetime speech – as it happened

Biden has called for the age requirements to be raised and for the gun lobby to be reeled in

The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2022

5 ways to reduce school shootings

After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, psychology professor Paul Boxer and his colleagues reviewed research to see what could be learned from what they refer to as the “science of violence prevention.” In the wake of the May 24, 2022, massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,…

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2022

Texas shooting: Teacher's police officer husband barred from entering school to save her

Eva Mireles, had been speaking to her police officer husband Ruben Riaz, who was a school district police officer, shortly before she was killed - she is one of two teachers who was killed at a shooting at Robb Elementary School

Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022

Ten-year-old cousins laid side-by-side at joint wake after being shot dead at school

Jailah Silguero and her cousin Jayce Luevanos, both victims of the Texas elementary school shooting, had a joint wake in Uvalde with the funeral home decorated in their favourite themes

Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022

West Side students march for peace: ‘Put down the guns’

The peace march comes just days after five people were seriously wounded in a shootout in front of the West Garfield Park elementary school.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2022

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants random school safety checks after Texas shooting

DALLAS — Gov. Greg Abbott wants state officials to randomly inspect schools to test safety protocols after a gunman burst into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Mourners say goodbye to a Uvalde teacher and her husband

Mourners gathered Wednesday at a funeral for teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and her husband, Joe — who died two days later from a heart attack.

WEKU · Jun 1, 2022

Sons carry coffins of mum killed in Uvalde massacre and dad who died two days later

Heroic Irma, 48, died trying to save her fourth grade pupils at Robb Elementary School in the Texas town last week before her school sweetheart Joe - full name Jose Antonio - had a fatal heart attack two days later

Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

Students and staff will not return to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after massacre

The school district is likely to receive federal support in the wake of the massacre, joining several other American schools to demolish and rebuild after mass shootings

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022