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Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, Jr., was called to identify the bodies of the 21 victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary, last week.

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A Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old friend

12:31pm May 31, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.

A memorial for Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher killed in last week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Her husband, Joe, died of a heart attack two days later.

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More than $2.7 million has been raised for the children of a Uvalde teacher

4:43pm May 30, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary last week. Then, two days later, her husband of 24 years died of a heart attack, leaving their four children without parents.

Celeste Ibarra and her daughter, Aubriella Melchor, who survived the mass shooting on Tuesday, prayed with members of the Journey Riders, Sons of God Motorcycle Club, including Adam Torres (far left) at Murphy USA gas station in Uvalde, Texas.

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Uvalde shooting survivors seek comfort anywhere, including in the arms of bikers

2:22pm May 29, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Nine-year-old Aubriella Melchor said she narrowly escaped the slaughter because she'd been in the bathroom. At a gas station, Christian bikers joined the girl and her mother to pray.

Police officers walk past a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday.

The Uvalde shooting renews questions about school security

12:17pm May 28, 2022

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.

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Law enforcement and first responders gather outside Robb Elementary School following Tuesday's shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Their response has since come under wide scrutiny.

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It was 'wrong' not to confront the Uvalde school shooter sooner, an official says

4:33pm May 27, 2022

by Joe Neel

"From the benefit of hindsight, where I'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. It was the wrong decision. Period," said Steven McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

People visit memorials Thursday for victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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

4:10pm May 27, 2022

"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.

Attendees of the NRA's annual convention gather by booths in the exhibit halls of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Thursday.

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Caught in a storm of criticism and internal strife, the NRA meets in Houston

2:27pm May 27, 2022

This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

Elena Mendoza, 18, grieves in front of a cross honoring her cousin, Amerie Jo Garza, one of the victims killed in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022.

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The evolving narrative of what happened at Uvalde the day of the shooting

9:36am May 27, 2022

Law enforcement is still investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But accounts from officials have offered a confusing look at the timeline of Tuesday's shooting.

A rifle hangs on display in the window of the West Endicott & Susquehanna Arms Co., where Payton Gendron purchased firearms in Endicott, N.Y.

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2 mass shootings — 1,700 miles apart but bound by startling similarities

5:01am May 27, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

These two tragedies share similarities, including certain aspects of the suspects and how the weapons were accessed.

Messages are written on a cross honoring Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed in this week's elementary school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas on Thursday.

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A brokenhearted husband dies after his wife is killed in the Texas school shooting

9:42pm May 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said.