The Latest Breaking News from Robb Elementary

Uvalde superintendent recommends firing police Chief Pete Arredondo

The school board plans to meet Saturday to vote on the proposal, days after a Texas House committee report highlighted widespread failures in the police response to the Robb Elementary shooting.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 20, 2022

Frequent lockdowns may have led to slow Uvalde response

Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Two decades of shooter response strategy ignored in Uvalde

A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School, more than the entire police force in a mid-size American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida or Tempe, Arizona

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

Surveillance footage from Uvalde school massacre could finally be released

The missing 77 minutes between the start of the Robb Elementary School shooting and the police shooting of suspect Salvador Ramos could finally be a little clearer.

Tribune News Service · Jul 11, 2022

Uvalde mayor denies police officer had chance to shoot gunman outside school

DALLAS — Two days after the first in a series of reports examining the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary school shooting was released, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin has denied one of its most striking findings.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Uvalde mayor disputes report that police missed opportunity to shoot gunman

Mayor Don McLaughlin denied a recent report that said a Uvalde officer passed up a chance to shoot the gunman at Robb Elementary. The officer never saw the gunman, he said.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 8, 2022

Uvalde chief resigns from City Council

Arredondo was elected just weeks before the Robb Elementary School shooting

Salon · Jul 7, 2022

Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo resigns from City Council

Arredondo has faced criticism over the botched response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.

Axios · Jul 2, 2022

H-E-B and the Butt family will give Uvalde $10 million for a new school

The grocery chain H-E-B and its founding Butt family are donating $10 million to help build a new elementary school in Uvlade to replace Robb Elementary, where a shooter took 21 lives on May 24.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2022

Butt family, H-E-B donate $10 million to replace Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after mass shooting

The timeline is still unclear for demolishing the school building. The district has plans to replace it with a memorial park.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2022