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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.

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Uvalde doc: Kids "decapitated" by AR-15

"The only clue as to their identities was the blood-spattered cartoon clothes still clinging to them"

Salon

Michael Hiltzik: The threat to Justice Kavanaugh reveals a path to a gun control deal

As if to demonstrate that they can get off their duffs when circumstances so require, congressional Republicans moved swiftly Wednesday to demand action on a measure to protect U.S. Supreme Court justices from the threat of violence.

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‘New wound’: Expert questions whether 11-year-old Uvalde student should have testified

WASHINGTON — Perhaps the most notable witness at Wednesday’s House Oversight committee hearing on gun reform was one who did not attend in person: Miah Cerrillo, an 11-year-old who survived the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde by smearing blood on herself and playing dead.

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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

‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated in Congress

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of last month's school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

Tribune News Service

Gun violence hearing: Chilling moments of testimony about mass shootings

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Wednesday heard heart-wrenching and gripping testimony from parents, a child and a pediatrician who were all personally touched by recent mass shootings — an effort by Democrats to highlight in dramatic terms the physical and emotional toll of gun violence.

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Girl, 11, who survived horror school shooting daubed herself in blood and acted dead

Miah Cerrillo and the parents of other young Americans killed and wounded in recent mass shootings testified on Wednesday before a panel as lawmakers work to find a compromise gun safety bill

Daily Mirror

‘Lexi’s voice demands action’: family of Uvalde victims beg Congress to address gun violence

Kimberly Rubio wept as she described the harrowing events of 24 May and asked for strengthened gun laws from Congress

The Guardian - US

Republican attacks Democrats for letting Uvalde victim recount her experience

Contentious moment underscores deep divide between far-right and Democrats on guns

The Independent UK

Uvalde survivor, 11, tells House hearing she smeared herself with friend’s blood

Miah Cerrillo speaks before House passes gun control bill that is all but doomed in Senate

The Guardian - US

Uvalde survivor covered herself in blood

“He shot my teacher and told my teacher good night and shot her in the head,” Miah Cerrillo told Congress

Salon

Parents of recent mass shooting victims urge Congress to act on gun control

Parents of children killed and wounded in shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde testified before Congress on Wednesday, imploring members to act quickly on gun control measures.

WEKU

Texas gunman said ‘goodnight’ before shooting teacher, says child survivor of Uvalde massacre

She was one of the only survivors of the shooting that left 19 of her fellow pupils and two teachers dead

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‘I don’t want it to happen again’, Texas shooting survivor says

Gun violence victims and their loved ones testify before US congressional committee in emotional push for gun control.

The Independent UK

4th grade Uvalde survivor: 'I don't want it to happen again'

An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas has told members of Congress how she covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to avoid being shot

The Independent UK

‘I don’t want it to happen again:’ Uvalde survivor, 11, testifies before Congress

Miah Cerrillo spoke before the House Oversight Committee along with parents of Uvalde and Buffalo victims

AFP

Schoolgirl tells Congress of playing dead to survive Texas massacre

Washington (AFP) - An 11-year-old girl told horrified lawmakers Wednesday of smearing herself in her murdered classmate's blood to play dead during the most chilling in a spate of gun massacres that have convulsed the United States.

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Tribune News Service

Uvalde student, other witnesses testify as Congress weighs changes to gun laws

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

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‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying firsthand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

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Uvalde shooting survivor testifies before Congress: "I don't want it to happen again"

"[He] told my teacher goodnight and shot her in the head."

The Independent UK

‘I don’t want it to happen again:’ Uvalde victim, 11, testifies before Congress

Miah Cerrillo spoke before the House Oversight Committee along with parents of Uvalde and Buffalo victims

AFP

11-year-old US school massacre survivor to testify in Congress

Washington (AFP) - An 11-year-old who smeared herself with her murdered friend's blood to play dead during last month's school shooting in the US state of Texas was set to relive her trauma before a panel of lawmakers on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

'Day by day:' Uvalde survivors recover from wounds, trauma

The 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, are trying to heal in a community marked by mourning the deaths of 21 others

The Independent UK

10-year-old survivor reveals last words of friend shot dead by Uvalde gunman

Student had phoned 911 before getting killed

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