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Uvalde rekindles school police officer’s looming fears

The fear that the next school shooting could happen in their hallways hangs over school resource officers across the United States.

By The Associated Press

Uvalde school superintendent recommends board fire embattled police chief

The superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is recommending the termination of Pete Arredondo, the district’s police chief.

By Jeremy Long/WITF

Texas House report blames local, state and federal officers for ‘systemic failure’ in Uvalde

The report is the clearest, most-detailed picture yet of what happened that day, during which local, state, and federal law enforcement waited for more than an hour to confront the gunman.

By NPR

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Uvalde shooting surveillance video released by Texas media outlets

Minutes after the gunman entered the school, at least seven police officers entered the school. The video shows some of them running toward the classrooms.

By NPR

The story of a Uvalde victim’s green shoes captures the White House’s attention

“These are the same green Converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting.”

By NPR

Here are the biggest shifts in the official account of the Uvalde school shooting

The official narrative of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has changed drastically since news of an active shooter at the school emerged on May 24.

By NPR

The story about how the Uvalde gunman entered the school is shifting

It’s been an extraordinary process that has seen officials repeatedly correcting earlier statements, after they’re contradicted by new information.

By NPR

Texas authorities say a teacher closed a propped-open door before mass shooting

“We did verify she closed the door. The door did not lock. We know that much and now investigators are looking into why it did not lock.”

By The Associated Press

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

The county is so small that the justice on call also acts as Uvalde’s de facto coroner.

He doesn’t expect he’ll ever be the same.

By NPR

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

Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher who’d worked at the school for more than 20 years, was killed in her classroom in the shooting last Tuesday.

By NPR
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