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The Uvalde Parents Won’t Back Down

Alongside diligent media members, and despite local divisions, these families aren’t letting Texas move on from the Robb Elementary tragedy.

Texas Observer · Oct 27, 2022

Tony Gonzales becomes first major Republican to call for DPS Director Steve McCraw to resign

The representative called for McCraw’s resignation after the Department of Public Safety director said in a meeting that the agency had not failed the city of Uvalde.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 27, 2022

Criminal probe of botched Uvalde shooting response will be finished by year-end, Texas state police say

Texas' state police chief says a criminal investigation into the hesitant police response to the Uvalde school massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers will be finished by the end of the year

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

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Texas police: Uvalde officers' probe to be over by year-end

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

Texas DPS chief Steve McCraw says his agency “did not fail” at Uvalde school shooting

At a public meeting where families that lost children in the school shooting said he should resign, McCraw said members of the Department of Public Safety made mistakes. But he said he’ll step down only “if DPS as an institution failed the families.”

The Texas Tribune · Oct 27, 2022

Texas state police fire first officer involved in Uvalde shooting response

The Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre in May

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

Texas state police fire first officer over Uvalde school massacre response

The officer becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to the May school attack that killed 19 children and two teachers.

WEKU · Oct 22, 2022

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Texas state police fire 1st officer over Uvalde response

The Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre in May

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2022

Texas DPS director says he wishes his agency had taken control over the police response to the Uvalde shooting

The state’s top law enforcement agency also told USA Today that seven officers have now been referred to its internal affairs division, including two who are command staff.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 11, 2022

DPS Director Steve McCraw tells CNN he’ll resign if troopers had “any culpability” in delayed Uvalde shooting response

The state’s top law enforcement agency has publicly criticized the actions of local police during the May shooting at Robb Elementary. But McCraw’s agency has also faced scrutiny for officers’ delay in confronting the gunman.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 10, 2022

US students in Uvalde, Texas back at school amid grief and fear

Robb Elementary School, where the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 21 people happened, is not reopening.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2022

Uvalde school year starts amid fear and unfinished security

A new and worrisome school year begins Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022

Uvalde, Texas school board sacks police chief after mass shooting

The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunman at Robb Elementary School remain in a fourth-grade classroom for more than an hour with an AR-15 style rifle as 19 children and two…

France 24 · Aug 25, 2022

State safety officers to be a presence throughout Uvalde school district, Abbott says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the Department of Public Safety will be a law enforcement presence throughout the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in the upcoming school year.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

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The Texas Tribune · Jul 17, 2022

“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details

In total, 376 law enforcement officers descended upon the school, according to the most extensive account of the shooting to date. It says that better-equipped departments should have stepped up to fill a leadership void after the Uvalde schools police chief failed to take charge.

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2022

Uvalde officer seen checking phone in surveillance footage is husband of teacher killed in massacre

Officer had tried to save his wife but was barred by other officers from doing so and had his gun taken away, according to report

The Texas Tribune · Jul 16, 2022

Uvalde residents frustrated with officials over finger pointing, conflicting accounts and leaked video

Residents and victims’ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the state’s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

Lawmaker: Officer in Uvalde video husband of slain teacher

A Texas lawmaker says a Uvalde police officer criticized over video of him checking his phone during the massacre at Robb Elementary School was the husband of a teacher killed in the classroom

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The Texas Tribune · Jul 14, 2022

Uvalde police officer criticized for checking his phone was waiting to hear from his dying wife

“I couldn’t say nothing seeing this man, who’s lost everything, maligned as if he was indifferent or actively malicious,” Rep. Joe Moody, a member of the Uvalde House Investigating Committee, said on Twitter.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

On May 24, a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Video shows Uvalde police restraining officer who was trying to save his daughter

Leaked video shows officers checking their phones, using hand sanitiser and running away from gunfire as gunman fires more than 100 rounds at children in two classrooms

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Video inside Uvalde school shows officer stopping for hand sanitizer and police fleeing gunman

Four excruciating minutes gathered from more than an hour of surveillance footage reveals law enforcement delays at the scene of the massacre

Tribune News Service · Jul 11, 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.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2022

Officials finally agree to release surveillance footage from Uvalde mass shooting, report says

Victims’ families, the Uvalde mayor and the media have demanded to see the footage from the school hallway for weeks after it emerged that officers waited 77 minutes to bring the massacre to an end

The Texas Tribune · 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.

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