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News Articles: uvalde shooting

A police officer arranges bouquets of flowers in rows at a side entrance to Dunblane Primary School following a school shooting that left 16 students and one teacher dead.

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  • World

In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control

After the Dunblane massacre in Scotland left 16 students dead, parents organized to make sure it could never happen again. What can the U.S learn from them as we struggle to combat gun violence?

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • and 1 more
Daniel Defense, a Georgia firearms manufacturing company has been spotlighted after the Uvalde massacre.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Daniel Defense faces scrutiny; Warnock v. Walker heats up; Trump laments GA losses

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Georgia-based Daniel Defense is facing widespread criticism, after the gun it manufactured was used in the Uvalde massacre. Meanwhile, Herschel Walker's response to the shooting is fodder for Democrats and reports say Trump is mad over primary losses.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
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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  • National

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

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.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
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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  • National

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

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.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
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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  • National

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

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.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Police officers walk past a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday.

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  • National

The Uvalde shooting renews questions about school security

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.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • John Burnett and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
A memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is seen on May 27, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Another mass shooting, but nothing changes

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on what has become a never-ending parade of mass shootings in the U.S., and the lack of effort over the years to address them.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon
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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  • National

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he was 'misled' about the Uvalde shooting police response

Abbott says the information that he provided at a press conference two days ago was a recitation of what law enforcement had told him in a room beforehand.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Joe Neel,
  • and 1 more
People visit memorials Thursday for victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • Law

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

"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.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Cheryl Corley
Elena Mendoza, 18, on Thursday 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.

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  • National

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

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.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Merrit Kennedy
School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.

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  • Education

Experts say we can prevent school shootings. Here's what the research says

School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Jeffrey Pierre and
  • Cory Turner
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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  • National

The NRA meets in Houston amid a storm of criticism and internal strife

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.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Tim Mak
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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  • National

The NRA meets in Houston amid a storm of criticism and internal strife

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.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Tim Mak
Messages are written on a cross Thursday honoring Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed in this week's elementary school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

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

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.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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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  • National

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

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

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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