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Report details ‘systemic failures,’ ‘egregious’ decisions in Uvalde shooting response

DALLAS — For families in Uvalde, Sunday brought with it the weight of the most exhaustive account of their loved one’s final moments yet. In a long-awaited, 77-page report, a Texas House committee told them there is not one person to blame, but instead a long series of “systemic failures…

Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2022

Uvalde families to receive new report on police failures

Families in Uvalde are awaiting a new report expected to outline police failures in the May school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022

2 Oxford staffers put on paid leave after school shooting, emails show

DETROIT — Two Oxford High School staffers who met with suspected teen shooter Ethan Crumbley hours before he allegedly opened fire inside the school, killing four students and injuring seven others, were placed on a paid leave one week after the incident, according to emails obtained by The Detroit News.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

At their first conference after the Uvalde shooting, school counselors grapple with supporting students in an age of mass violence

One session on school shootings at the American School Counselor Association’s annual conference in Austin this week drew a large crowd. It discussed the roles counselors play before and after such traumatic events.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 12, 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 chief resigns from City Council

Arredondo was elected just weeks before the Robb Elementary School shooting

Salon · Jul 7, 2022

Uvalde’s mayor, state senator say victims relief center providing ‘meager’ benefits

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde’s mayor and its state senator say a one-stop resiliency center created to provide aid to victims’ families in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting is failing to provide adequate aid and should be taken over by the state.

Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2022

How the end of Roe and the Uvalde school shooting could reshape the race for Texas governor

A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race to lead the state, where Republican incumbent Greg Abbott remains the favorite but is confronting his toughest Democratic opponent yet in Beto O’Rourke.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 5, 2022

Highland Park was at center of gun control debate long before July Fourth shooting; just days ago city honored Uvalde victims

CHICAGO — What haunts longtime Highland Park resident Dana Gordon now are the words of the mother of one of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victims.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 5, 2022