Tag: Uvalde

Uvalde School Police Chief Put Officer Safety Before Kids: Official; Parents Win School Choice Case | NTD Evening News

The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified to the state Senate on June 21, saying the Uvalde school police chief put the safety of his officers above the safety of the children killed at Robb Elementary School. The Supreme Court has ruled that Maine’s prohibition on using public tax dollars for religious…


Police Could Have Stopped Uvalde Shooter ‘3 Minutes’ After Entering School: Texas Official

The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said that there is evidence suggesting the police response to the mass shooting at a Uvalde school was an “abject failure.” “However, we do know this: There’s compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical…


First Image From Inside Texas School Shooting Released Ahead of Senate Hearing

The timeline of events during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is becoming clearer as surveillance and police body camera footage provide more details ahead of a Texas Senate hearing on Tuesday. KVUE-TV and Austin American-Statesman obtained documentation and surveillance video from within Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, that revealed police were…


Uvalde Police Department Not Cooperating With Texas State House: Lawmaker

The Uvalde Police Department hasn’t been cooperating with a Texas state House committee tasked with investigating May’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, said a state lawmaker. State Rep. Dustin Burrows said that police officials Uvalde were asked to appear in front of the House committee after the incident that left 19 students and two…


Suspected Gunman Fatally Shot by Texas Police at Summer Camp in Duncanville

A suspected gunman is dead after police confronted him on Monday morning at an indoor sports complex hosting a summer camp in Duncanville, Texas. Officers from Duncanville Police Department acted swiftly and were onsite at 8:45 a.m. on Monday after receiving phone calls at 8:43 a.m. about an alleged armed individual and shots fired at…


Shooting in Uvalde: Florida Sheriff Grady Judd Says Police Response Was ‘Complete and Total Failure’

It has been nearly a month since the May 24 shooting at Rob Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 children and two teachers dead. In that time, scant information has been provided by law enforcement officials and what little that has been released is often in conflict with other information and sometimes statements that…


GOP Lawmakers Say Faith, Family, and Moral Values Are Answers to Gun Violence

Republican lawmakers have said that social issues that drive individuals to commit mass shootings can be addressed by restoring traditional faith, family, and moral values. For some Republicans, the place to restore these values starts at school. “Our children are suffering and we face a mental health crisis in our country, because the radical left…


Uvalde Police Chief Defends Response to Robb Elementary Massacre in First In-depth Interview

Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who has faced criticism over his response to the shooting massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has defended his actions in his first public interview. Speaking to The Texas Tribune, Arredondo said that a missing key to a locked classroom door was ultimately to blame for law enforcement taking 77 minutes…


Bulletproof Vests to Be Illegal for Civilians in New York From July

It will become illegal in July to sell bulletproof vests to most civilians in New York after the governor signed into law a package of “gun safety measures” in the wake of the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo in May. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) signed state Senate Bill 9407B on June 6 making…


Senate Republicans Push to Reallocate Unused School COVID Relief Funds to Security After Shootings

Republican lawmakers are pushing to reallocate $150 billion of unused COVID relief funds for schools to strengthen physical campus security measures in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) has partnered with a number of Republican lawmakers on the legislation titled the Safe Schools Act. “While we made some…