Uvalde

The Justice Department released a 575-page report last month detailing law enforcement failures that exacerbated the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The document identifies groups that were first to respond to the shooting, with one glaring omission: a citizen militia called Patriots for America. Shortly after the gunman was killed on May 24, 2022, members of the Texas-based militia posted footage approximately 40 feet from the shooter’s truck — revealing a loaded semi-automatic rifle that…

The Department of Justice is recommending the adoption of “national standards” to confront active shooters — with the aim of empowering local law enforcement to “rapidly stop the killing and the dying.” This “critical” recommendation is a top takeaway from the federal government’s new incident review, which was made public on Thursday morning. It goes into detail about the horrific May 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which was likely made deadlier by what the report blasts as “cascading…

On May 24, 2022, a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 fourth-grade children and two teachers. The gunman remained in the school for more than an hour before police confronted and killed him. Desperate parents and family members outside the school sparred with law enforcement barricading them from reaching their loved ones, who were still attempting to call for help from inside the building. Now, nearly two years after the shooting, the Justice Department has released a report…

Wednesday marked one year since an 18-year-old entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, with a legally purchased AR-15-style rifle and killed 19 fourth-graders and two teachers. This horrific tragedy remains the deadliest school shooting in Texas history. What has changed since?The knee-jerk response would be to say that nothing has really changed. Though a modest, bipartisan federal gun control bill was passed in the wake of the mass shooting — a chief provision was the closure of the so-called boyfriend…

Security camera footage from inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas as a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers while hundreds of police officers waited outside.Screenshot: Austin American-StatesmanPublic school districts in Texas will soon start offering DNA and fingerprint kits to families of students as part of a law to help identify children in case of an “emergency,” according to a new report from the Houston Chronicle. And while the law never explicitly says it’s for identifying kids whose bodies may be…

| Police officer Ruben Ruiz made headlines yesterday after security footage showed him checking his phone during the recent gun massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on the 24th of May. Ruben Ruiz was the husband of school teacher Eva Mireles who was murdered during the assault,  and the footage highlighted that he has a Punisher logo on his phone's screen. Uvalde security footage Initially, his situation was not known, and headlines and social media criticised the officer for checking his phone rather…

After two horrific mass shootings in Texas and New York, Congress just passed the most meaningful gun legislation in decades.The Safer Communities Act will expand background checks in some cases, close the so-called boyfriend loophole to prevent domestic abusers from obtaining or keeping firearms and deal out grants to help prevent gun violence and secure schools."Some parts are very promising," said Alex McCourt, a firearms policy expert at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. "Other parts? Perhaps less…

The first Congressional action on gun control in nearly three decades is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk. With the support of all Democrats and 14 Republicans, the House on Friday passed the bipartisan bill 234-193, which is designed to make it more difficult for people to acquire firearms, Written in response to shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, the bill passed the House less than a day after clearing the Senate Thursday night with a vote of 65-33. The legislation will require more stringent…

Security camera footage from 11:52 a.m. at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022, where cops with rifles just waited around as kids and teachers were massacred.Screenshot: Robb Elementary School / KVUE / YouTubeSecurity camera images leaked from inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where a mass shooting took place on May 24, reveal police officers were present with high powered rifles and ballistic shields, but stood around for over an hour, as 19 young students and two teachers were…

Laura Dern has said that her daughter and her friends are proposing a mass walkout at their school following the mass shooting in Uvalde last month.On 24 May, 19 children and two teachers were killed after a teenage gunman went on a shooting rampage at Robb Elementary school in Texas.Jurassic World Dominion star Dern has since revealed that her daughter Jaya, 17 – who she shares with musician ex-husband Ben Harper along with a son, Ellery, 20 – has proposed a walkout in protest against gun laws.“What if we just said: kids…