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Police chief blamed for slow response during Robb Elementary school shooting to join Uvalde City Council

The police chief at the center of controversy, sparked by officers’ response to the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, is slated to be sworn onto the Uvalde City Council next week.

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Uvalde schools police chief who made the call not to breach classroom was elected to City Council

Pedro ‘Pete’ Arredondo, the schools police chief, ran a campaign on community outreach and communication

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As Uvalde parents seethe, recourse against police may be limited

Texas police accused of bungling the response to a mass shooter in an Uvalde school where 19 children and two teachers were killed aren’t likely to be held liable in a civil court, benefiting from broad immunity granted government entities.

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Obsession with guns. Dysfunctional families. Many parallels exist between Parkland and Uvalde shooters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A young man with a troubled home life, who felt bullied at school and developed an obsession with guns, easily walked onto a school campus where he murdered students and staff with a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle.

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Challenge for archbishop: Finding words to heal an inconsolable Uvalde

UVALDE, Texas – In this small city of inconsolable souls, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller called children to the altar as he recited the names of each victim in an elementary school shooting.

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Police failure in Uvalde mass shooting: What we know

Law enforcement officials in Texas are facing intense criticism for their response to the shooting.

Axios

Hey Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?

Hundreds of anti-gun violence protestors took over Discovery Green Park.

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Texas gunman dubbed 'Yubo school shooter' and threatened to murder before massacre

A 17-year-old girl met Salvadore Ramos on social media app Yubo said in the chatrooms he would 'threaten rape and kidnapping and murder' before the Texas school shooting

Daily Mirror

The U.S. is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence

The massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was yet another grim reminder that in the U.S., children are more likely to die from gun violence than in any other wealthy nation. And it's getting worse.

WEKU

Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe

The actions of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

The Uvalde shooting renews questions about school security

Texas has tightened security at schools considerably over the past four years. But the new protective measures came up short earlier this week in Uvalde.

WEKU

Republican senator blames ‘wokeness’ and ‘liberal indoctrination’ for school shootings days after Uvalde massacre

‘We stopped teaching values in so many of our schools. Now we’re teaching ‘wokeness’,’ Republican senator says

The Independent UK

Teachers, how are you coping in the aftermath of the Texas shooting in Uvalde?

NPR would like to hear from teachers around the country about how they are feeling in the aftermath of the latest school shooting. We may contact you for an upcoming story.

WEKU

So where were the "good guys with guns"?

Whatever excuse NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre comes up with now, it can't erase the shocking charade we saw in Uvalde

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Donald Trump sparks outrage by DANCING after reading names of 21 Texas shooting victims

Former US President Donald Trump danced to Sam and Dave's 1966 song Hold On, I'm Comin' after reading out the names of the 21 people killed by Salvador Ramos at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas

WEKU

What some gun owners are saying in the wake of America's latest mass shooting

The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has again raised the question "What should we do about gun violence?" NPR asked gun owners from across the U.S. about their stance.

WEKU

Senators are continuing talks during recess to find a compromise on gun legislation

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says he's optimistic that something can be done to address mass shootings like the one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children.

France 24

Uvalde school police chief blamed for slow response to shooting

The police official blamed for not sending officers in more quickly to stop the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the chief of the school system's small police force, a unit dedicated ordinarily to building relationships with students and responding to the occasional fight.

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The Guardian - US

‘We have to act’: can Biden cut through the gridlock on gun control?

The president has long fought for restrictions but deep divisions have often left him hamstrung

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Survivors of Uvalde shooting paint horrifying picture of terror and tragedy

Schoolchildren, teachers and family members offer graphic details of day gunman killed 19 children and two adults

The Guardian - US

That other American tradition: after a mass shooting, the media comes to town

The tragedy in Texas reminds that while media presence can be a sign of support, it can also quickly become intrusive

Tribune News Service

Giants manager Gabe Kapler to skip national anthem in wake of Uvalde school shooting

CINCINNATI — There was a significant presence missing from the field Friday during the national anthem before the Giants’ game at Great American Ballpark, and there will be into the foreseeable future: manager Gabe Kapler.

Los Angeles Times

Police delays may have deprived Texas schoolchildren of lifesaving care, experts say

UVALDE, Texas — As the nation struggles to comprehend the horrors that unfolded Tuesday inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, one of the biggest unanswered questions is whether anyone could have been saved.

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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.”

Los Angeles Times

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 official acknowledged on Friday was a mistake in judgment.

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