Uvalde shooting

2022 - 5 - 25

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At Least 21 Dead in Uvalde, Texas, Elementary School Shooting (Vanity Fair)

The horrific scene at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed at least 18 students and three adults, is the latest atrocity in a country besieged by ...

Over the course of the last decade — and thousands more mass shootings — the legislative body has repeatedly failed to change gun policies in the United States. Or as Princeton historian Kevin Kruse put it, “At this point in America, it's no longer a question of *if* you'll be impacted by a mass shooting. There have been more than 200 mass shootings in the United States in 2022 already, according to a tally from the Gun Violence Archive, an independent non-profit that tracks incidents of gun violence. State Senator Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, confirmed in a live interview on CNN that 18 children, who were in the second, third and fourth grades, died. President Joe Biden, who campaigned on gun control, conceded in the aftermath of the Buffalo shooting that his executive powers are limited in this area. “We have another Sandy Hook on our hands.

Tragedy now overshadows Uvalde, a small town growing in ... (NPR)

The small town of Uvalde, Texas, is a place where Friday night football rules, and its claim to fame is being the hometown of actor Matthew McConaughey.

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Remarks by President Biden on the School Shooting in Uvalde ... (The White House)

I had hoped, when I became President, I would not have to do this again. Another massacre. Uvalde, Texas. An elementary school. Beautiful, innocent second, ...

When in God’s name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done? We have to act. May God bless the loss of innocent life on this sad day. Our prayer tonight is for those parents, lying in bed and trying to figure out, “Will I be able to sleep again? I just got off my trip from Asia, meeting with Asian leaders, and I learned of this while I was on the aircraft. Why do we keep letting this happen? When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. They have people who are lost. There’s a hollowness in your chest, and you feel like you’re being sucked into it and never going to be able to get out. Parents who will never be the same. They’ll live with it the rest of their lives. And how many scores of little children who witnessed what happened see their friends die as if they’re on a battlefield, for God’s sake.

The Uvalde shooting joins Parkland and Sandy Hook on America's ... (Vox)

An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and at least two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday morning, just 10 days after another ...

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, for instance, has previously opposed certain legislative efforts to expand background checks and though he told CNN Tuesday that he would do “anything I can” to move “common sense” gun legislation forward, he still refused to eliminate the filibuster so that Democrats could do so with a simple majority in the Senate. After the Santa Fe shooting, Abbott signed bills that bolstered mental health initiatives for children, removed the cap on how many school marshals can carry guns on public school campuses, and gave school districts money to prevent and make emergency preparations for shootings — but didn’t enact gun control measures. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer signaled Tuesday that he will put to a vote a bill to extend the window for completing a background check before a gun sale, but it would need 60 votes to pass and it’s not even clear whether all 50 Democrats are on board. The gunman allegedly entered the school following a violent encounter with his grandmother and after being involved in a car crash. It marks the 27th school shooting this year alone; in addition to the deaths reported in Uvalde, 25 people have been killed in school shootings since January. For every parent, for every citizen of this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it’s time to act.”

What we know about Uvalde elementary school shooting: At least 22 ... (Austin American-Statesman)

At least 19 students and two teachers are dead and multiple others injured after a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday.

Though an emergency blood drive will be held Wednesday at the Herby Ham Activity Center in Uvalde from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. Students from Robb Elementary are being transferred to the Uvalde Civic Center for reunification, the Uvalde school district said in a notification. The shooting is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, and the third deadliest school shooting in modern U.S. history. However, parents cannot pick up their students at this time. More on how to help: Blood drives set up for victims of Texas elementary school shooting Anyone looking to donate blood to help victims of the shooting can donate at any of the South Texas Blood & Tissue donation locations.

21 killed at Uvalde elementary in Texas' deadliest school shooting ... (El Paso Matters)

At least 14 children and one teacher were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said.

Five years later in April 2014, another Fort Hood soldier killed three people and wounded a dozen more on the base before he killed himself during a firefight with military police. Abbott, along with Cruz and former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to talk Friday at the National Rifle Association’s 2022 annual meeting. - In November 2017, a 26-year-old man opened fire during Sunday morning services at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, killing 26 people and wounding 20 others. Frankie Miranda, the CEO of Hispanic Federation, called for concrete steps to make Latino communities safer, such as commitments to funding mental health services and gun control measures. The man, who had been fired from his job that morning, was shot to death by police officers outside an Odessa movie theater. He posted images of two rifles in his most recent post on Instagram before the social media platform deleted the account, according to the outlet. U.S. Border Patrol agents responded to a law enforcement request for assistance, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. Earlier Tuesday, the Uvalde CISD had placed all campuses under lockdown after gunshots were fired in the area. A Border Patrol agent shot the gunman before waiting for backup, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press. Uvalde is a relatively small city about 85 miles west of San Antonio. Its population of roughly 15,200 is predominantly Hispanic. “Tonight, I ask the nation to pray for them. Abbott identified the shooter as Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old Uvalde resident.