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Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo has been placed on leave from the school district's police force
The district superintendent said the move was made due to "the lack of clarity that remains" surrou…
Lauren Frias
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Uvalde report says a coach outside Robb Elementary alerted the school that a shooter was on campus and 'almost certainly saved lives'
Coach Yvette Silva saw the shooter hop the fence into Robb Elementary and immediately alerted the s…
Hannah Getahun
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Robb Elementary will be demolished, Uvalde mayor says during city council meeting
"You can never ask a child to go back or teacher to go back in that school ever," Mayor Don McLaugh…
Hannah Getahun
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Uvalde families are upset over leaked video that showed police running away from the gunman and stopping for hand sanitizer while kids were trapped in classroom
The Robb Elementary video, which was edited to remove the children's screams but not gunfire, was p…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Uvalde officials presented Texas DPS with a document labeled 'narrative' days after the school shooting. It said because police had 'zero hesitation' and 'moved directly toward the gunfire' they saved over 500 lives.
A report says the document contained an account of events different from the one that the DPS event…
Hannah Getahun
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2 Texas school shooting victims, who texted 'I love you' to each other at bedtime, to be buried side-by-side
"It brings a smile to your face just to think they really loved each other," the children's teacher…
Waiyee Yip
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton justifies his anti-gun control stance by saying laws against murder didn't prevent school shooting
"Look, we already have laws against killing people and this guy apparently didn't care what the law…
Nicole Gaudiano
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The sister of the Uvalde shooter refused to buy him a gun last year, officials say
"We know that by his digital footprint that [the gunman] asked his sister to help him buy a gun, sh…
Taylor Ardrey
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Texas official sparks outrage after saying investigation into Uvalde school shooting was keeping him away from his children
"I'm a father. I can't go home tonight and hug my kids. That hurts," Victor Escalon said at a press…
Waiyee Yip
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School shootings in America: Texas mass shooting was deadliest at a K-12 school since Sandy Hook
Buffalo's mass shooting last week was regarded as the deadliest of 2022, but Tuesday's attack took …
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A group of students was watching a Disney movie as part of their year-end celebration when the Texas school shooting began, says a teacher: report
The children "knew this wasn't a drill," a teacher told NBC News. "We knew we had to be quiet or el…
Waiyee Yip
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Gov. Abbott announces that an anonymous donor covered funeral expenses for all Uvalde victims
The anonymous donor put forth $175,000, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during a press conference.
Hannah Getahun
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The families of those involved in the Texas school shooting were asked to give DNA swabs to help identify victims: report
A reporter for KHOU 11 News Houston was told by families that they were being asked to provide DNA …
Cheryl Teh
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More coverage on the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting
At least 15 people were killed and several were injured in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary Schoo…
Rebecca Harrington
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A Uvalde funeral worker says police blocked him as he tried to enter Robb Elementary to stop the gunman: report
Cody Briseno told NBC News that he tried to enter the elementary school while the gunman was inside…
Taylor Ardrey
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Texas Archbishop has become a gun control advocate after Uvalde: 'We're supposed to promote life'
Following the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Archbishop García-Siller began giving se…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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It took an hour for cops to stop the Texas school shooter. But experts say seconds matter when dealing with shooting victims.
Law enforcement officials in Texas are under fire over their response time after a gunman opened fi…
Lauren Frias,Rebecca Cohen
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Lawmaker asks FBI to investigate police response to Uvalde massacre, including apparent failure to confront shooter
In a letter, Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat from Texas, asks the FBI to "thoroughly examine the ti…
Charles R. Davis
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Texas law enforcement ignores Spanish-language media at press conference after shooting, despite Uvalde's large Latino population
After the Texas school shooting, Victor Escalon, with the TX Department of Public Safety, did not a…
Charles R. Davis
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Comfort dogs are being deployed to Texas to offer support to people impacted by the Uvalde school shooting
"People are not ready to process or listen or answer questions. So we just show up with the dogs," …