Category: Uvalde

Judge Orders Texas Department of Public Safety to Release Uvalde School Shooting Documents

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) must soon begin releasing public records related to law enforcement’s response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a district court judge in Austin ruled on June 29. Judge Daniella Deseta Lyttle agreed with a request made by a string of media outlets, including CNN, CBS,…


LIVE 6 PM ET: NTD Evening News (May 24): DeSantis Files Paperwork to Run for President, Trump Reacts; Tina Turner Dead at 83

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 24 filed a formal notification with the Federal Election Commission that he is running for president. DeSantis, whose entry into the race has been awaited for months, is expected to publicly announce his candidacy at 6 p.m. on the Twitter social media platform with Elon Musk. Meanwhile, his top…


NTD Evening News (May 24): DeSantis Files Paperwork to Run for President, Trump Reacts; Tina Turner Dead at 83

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 24 filed a formal notification with the Federal Election Commission that he is running for president. DeSantis, whose entry into the race has been awaited for months, is expected to publicly announce his candidacy at 6 p.m. on the Twitter social media platform with Elon Musk. Meanwhile, his top…


LIVE NOW: President Biden, First Lady Mark First Anniversary of the Uvalde Tragedy

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden mark the first anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary at 3:30 p.m. ET on May 24. …


President Biden, First Lady Mark First Anniversary of the Uvalde Tragedy

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden mark the first anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary at 3:30 p.m. ET on May 24. …


IN-DEPTH: How Active Shooter Response Has Evolved Since Columbine, Aurora, and Uvalde

On March 27, officers from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) responded to calls of an active shooter at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, and neutralized the threat within 14 minutes. MNPD’s response was a stark contrast to another elementary school shooting in May 2022 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. “There’s compelling…


Nashville Shooting Response Undercuts Uvalde Police Fear of AR-15

Police in Uvalde, Texas, refused to enter a classroom of elementary school students to stop an active shooter because they feared an AR-15-style rifle. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed last May while police—some of whom had the same type of rifles as the gunman—waited over an hour to stop the threat. Ten months…


Texas DPS No Longer Enforcing Ban on 18- to 20-Year-Olds From Carrying Handguns

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has stopped enforcing a state law that made it illegal for 18- to 20-year-olds to carry handguns in public. A recent memo to DPS officers alerted them to the enforcement change. The enforcement change comes after U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth struck down the law…


Uvalde Survivors File $27 Billion Lawsuit Against Texas Officials, Officers Over Response to Mass Shooting

Survivors of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against multiple law enforcement officials in the state. This comes six months after the killings, which were the deadliest U.S. school shooting in almost a decade. Nineteen children and two teachers we killed by the gunman in May. The lawsuit was filed…


Mother of Uvalde Shooting Victim Files Lawsuit Against School District, Police, Gun Store, and Gun Manufacturer

The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed in the Uvalde school shooting has filed a lawsuit against the school district, law enforcement officers, a gun manufacturer, and the store where the weapon was purchased. Sandra Torres’ daughter Eliahna was one of 19 children and two teachers who died during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary…