Tag: Uvalde

Uvalde Teacher Disputes ‘Traumatic’ and Incorrect Accusation She Left Door Open: Lawyer

The teacher who was at the center of the Uvalde mass shooting timeline issued statements disputing that she left a door “propped open” before the gunman entered. The unnamed teacher’s lawyer, Don Flanary, told CNN that incorrect accusations that she left the door open have forced his client to come forward. Several days ago, a…


Uvalde Teacher Who Thought Shooter Would Kill Her ‘Hasn’t Stop Shaking’ Since, Attorney Says

A teacher at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, had “made peace” with the idea that she was going to die when a gunman opened fire on the school, her attorney has said. Emilia Marin was walking outside the school building on May 24 when she witnessed a vehicle crash nearby, her lawyer, Don Flanary, told CNN. Marin…


Biden Urges Congress to Act After Latest Mass Shooting

President Joe Biden has urged Congress to ban assault weapons after the latest mass shootings in America as Democrats position gun control as a central platform of the 2022 midterm elections. Speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House, the president repeated claims that the Second Amendment was “not absolute” while urging lawmakers to strengthen…


[PREMIERING NOW] Warren Farrell: Absent Fathers Big Factor in Mass Shootings

This episode will premiere on June 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET.    “There have been six mass [school] shootings that have killed more than 10 people … All six of them have been done by boys who have been dad-deprived—from Sandy Hook right on through to the Texas shooting,” says Warren Farrell, author of “The…


Warren Farrell: Absent Fathers Big Factor in Mass Shootings

“There have been six mass [school] shootings that have killed more than 10 people … All six of them have been done by boys who have been dad-deprived—from Sandy Hook right on through to the Texas shooting,” says Warren Farrell, author of “The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do…


Texas School Police Chief Didn’t Know of 911 Calls During Mass Shooting: Official

The commander at the scene of a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside the building as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Thursday. Democrat state Sen. Roland Gutierrez told reporters that the school police chief, Pete Arredondo, was not…


‘Irresponsible 18-Year-Olds’ Should Be Prevented From Purchasing Firearms: Sen. Rick Scott

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said during a June 1 interview that he supports states’ rights to bar “irresponsible 18-year-olds” from purchasing firearms, but he won’t support any federal restrictions. As the governor of Florida in the wake of the Parkland High School shooting in 2018, Scott signed a bill from the GOP-controlled state Legislature raising…


Mourners Say Goodbye to Uvalde Teacher and Her Husband

UVALDE, Texas—Mourners gathered Wednesday at a Catholic church to say goodbye to Robb Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia—who died in the shooting at the Uvalde, Texas, grade school—and her husband, Joe—who died two days later from a heart attack. Nineteen children and two teachers—Garcia and her co-teacher, 44-year-old Eva Mireles—were killed May 24 when an…


[PREMIERING 6/2 at 7:30PM ET] Warren Farrell: Absent Fathers Big Factor in Mass Shootings

This episode will premiere on June 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET. “In the United States in the 21st century, there have been six mass shootings that have killed more than 10 people … All six of them have been done by boys who have been dad-deprived—from Sandy Hook right on through to the Texas shooting,”…


Uvalde School Police Chief Says He’s Still Cooperating Texas State Officials

The embattled Uvalde, Texas, school district police chief confirmed Wednesday that he is speaking daily with state investigators after reports claimed that he wasn’t cooperating. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who was the on-site commander for the mass shooting last week that left 21 people dead, told CNN that he is…