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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.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine President Zelenskyy addresses Stanford students, offers condolences after Texas mass shooting

STANFORD, Calif. — In a live-streamed video address to Stanford students on Friday, embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered his condolences to Americans following the deadly Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting that left 19 students and two adults dead.

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'Please send the police now': Urgent pleas don’t always mean the cops rush in. Just look at Parkland and Uvalde

Move toward the gunfire and take out the shooter.

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AP FACT CHECK: NRA speakers distort gun and crime statistics

An AP Fact Check is examining rhetoric from the National Rifle Association's annual meeting

The Independent UK

Six major police mistakes in the Uvalde shooting have Texans ‘livid’

Police failed at key moments during shooting

The Independent UK

What we do — and don't — know about how Robb Elementary School mass shooting unfolded in Uvalde, Texas

It took police more than 45 minutes to intervene in the school shooting that claimed 21 lives. Now the community is demanding answers.

ABC News

Trump speaks at defiant pro-gun NRA event after Texas shooting

Amid protests and calls to cancel event in Houston, gun advocates say more regulations not the answer to mass shootings.

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Uvalde school police chief faulted in shooting response

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

The Independent UK

‘I am absolutely livid’: Abbott addresses misinformation shared after Uvalde shooting

FORT WORTH, Texas — When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shared inaccurate information on the timeline of events in the Tuesday attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, he was reciting information given to him by law enforcement, he said at a Friday news conference.

Tribune News Service

Trump dings Abbott and other Republicans for pulling out NRA meeting after shooting in Uvalde

Trump’s appearance comes as many Republicans pulled out of the annual meeting after the shooting in Uvalde.

The Independent UK

Trump calls for hardened school security systems that Uvalde elementary already had

The former president also called for arming teachers and the end of gun-free school zones.

Axios

Texas workers travel to Uvalde to help after school shooting

Workers at chain restaurants, retail stores from across Texas provide respite for residents after deadly mass shooting.

Al Jazeera

Arming teachers – an effective security measure or a false sense of security?

In the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, some elected officials are making calls anew for teachers to be armed and trained to use firearms to protect the nation’s schools. To shine light on the matter, The Conversation reached out to Aimee Huff and…

The Conversation

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

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The Independent UK

Ted Cruz says ‘far more children’ would die if AR-15 is banned

Senator claims banning weapon used by gunman who killed 21 in Uvalde would result in more children dying because of street crime

Sports Illustrated

Giants Manager Gabe Kapler Pens Message in Wake of Uvalde Shooting

The San Francisco skipper said that he is dissatisfied with the country after Tuesday’s events.

The Independent UK

Texas governor Greg Abbott says he was ‘misled’ by police over their response to Uvalde school attack: ‘I am livid’

Politician previously said police ‘showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire’

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 enter their classroom and save them, as a team of 19 officers waited in the corridor for almost an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a…

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WEKU

12 stats to help inform the gun control debate

The debate over stricter gun control laws intensifies as details emerge from the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The Independent UK

Uvalde monument company offers free headstones for victims of the Texas school shooting

‘We sit here and cry together,’ Laguna Monument Company owner Shirley Welch tells The Independent

Tribune News Service

Giants manager Gabe Kapler on Uvalde shooting: I should have taken a knee

CINCINNATI — A few hours before one of the Giants’ most thrilling baseball games in recent memory, manager Gabe Kapler struck a solemn tone in the dugout.

The Independent UK

Multiple Republican speakers pull out of Houston NRA meeting after Uvalde shooting

John Cornyn, Dan Patrick, Dan Crenshaw all pulled out of the conference in Houston.

The Independent UK

Uvalde shooter entered Robb Elementary School through door propped open by teacher, police say

It is unclear why the exterior door was propped open at the time of the attack

WEKU

Here's what experts say police should have done in the Uvalde school shooting

"It'd be great if you had some help — but I can assure you those kids need help more than you need help," says Steve Ijames, who trains police agencies on active-shooter situations.

The Independent UK

School police officer ‘was not on scene’ at start of Texas shooting then drove ‘right by’ suspect

Admission is latest in string of errors in police response

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