Uvalde mayor says police didn't get an early chance to end the school massacre
Mayor Don McLaughlin disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the deadly May 24 attack at a Texas elementary school.
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Uvalde shooting victims are not getting funds fast enough, local officials say
Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.
Far more could have been done to save Uvalde massacre victims, a new report says
Some of the 21 victims at Robb Elementary School possibly could have been saved had they received medical attention sooner while police waited before breaching the classroom, the report says.
The school at the center of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting will be rebuilt
The school will be demolished so "students and staff will not have to return to the building at the site of the tragedy," the district said.
Graduating Uvalde High School class remembers those killed in mass shooting
School officials praised the students for their strength and resilience through three COVID-19 pandemic years, three changes of principals and then the May 14 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
A small, growing group of survivors advises school leaders after mass shootings
Frank DeAngelis was principal at Columbine High School in Colorado when 12 students and a teacher were killed there. He helps lead a group that offers aid and a sounding board after each fresh attack.
In Texas, Moms Demand Action got more than 20,000 new supporters after Uvalde
"My own historically Republican mother told me she looked up her senators and called them for the first time in her life," Liz Hanks, who leads the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action, told NPR.
The creator of the FBI mass shooting protocol is 'shocked' by Uvalde police response
After Sandy Hook, Katherine Schweit created a program to navigate similar crises. She says the way law enforcement handled the shooting in Uvalde went against everything they trained for.
The House passes a gun control bill in response to the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings
It has almost no chance of becoming law as the Senate pursues negotiations focused on improving mental health programs, bolstering school security and enhancing background checks.
The tragic history of police responding too late to active shooters
In similar tragedies over the years, police encountered similar problems during the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999 and at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.