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Texas shooting: Gunman’s mother says he ‘had his reasons for what he did’ and begs victims for forgiveness

‘I have no words to say. I don’t know what he was thinking,’ Adriana Martinez Reyes says after US school massacre

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Texas Governor claims he was ‘misled’ about response to school shooting

Meanwhile, protesters rallied at the annual National Rifle Association convention

Wales Online · May 28, 2022

In speech to NRA, Trump calls Texas school shooting 'savage and barbaric,' reads name of each victim

HOUSTON — Former President Donald Trump read the name of each of the Uvalde school shooting victims at the start of a speech Friday at the NRA annual convention in Houston and called the shooting a “savage and barbaric atrocity that shocks the conscience of every single American.”

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school frantically called 911, begging for the police to save them, as a tactical decision by a commander kept 19 officers from storming a classroom in what a law enforcement officials acknowledged on Friday was a mistake in judgment.

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

Texas governor Greg Abbott says he was ‘misled’ by police over their response to Uvalde school attack: ‘I am livid’

Politician previously said police ‘showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire’

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school frantically called 911, begging for the police to enter their classroom and save them, as a team of 19 officers waited in the corridor for almost an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a…

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

Falcons head coach Arthur Smith fails to understand politics in mass shooting comments

Falcons head coach Arthur Smith had well-meaning comments about the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that betrayed a misunderstanding of how politics really work.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 27, 2022

Hundreds protest outside NRA convention in Texas days after massacre in Uvalde

HOUSTON — Hundreds of people protested for gun control outside the annual National Rifle Association convention here Friday, days after the country’s latest mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, chanting, “Protect our kids, not guns!” and hoisting signs that read, “No more thoughts and prayers,” and, “Your hobby isn’t worth our…

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

Texas gun age limits "make no sense"

Uvalde shooting highlights disparities in how federal laws regulate rifles and handguns

Salon · May 27, 2022

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, frantically calling 911, as a team of 19 officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded subject,…

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022