Tag: Uvalde

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…


House Judiciary Committee to Consider Gun Control Bill

The House Judiciary Committee will meet in an emergency session to mark up a gun control bill that would impose heavy new federal restrictions and limits on firearms. The push for the legislation comes in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead. House Judiciary Democrats…


Uvalde School Police Chief Sworn In as City Councilman as Investigators Try to Reach Him

The police chief of the school district in Uvalde, Texas was sworn in as a city councilman on May 31 as investigators probing the police response to the recent elementary school mass shooting sought to interview him. Pete Arredondo, the chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, won the election before the May 24 shooting…


Gov. Abbott Declares State of Disaster in Uvalde to Unlock Support and Cut Red Tape

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday declared a state of disaster in Uvalde in order to fast-track resources meant to help the community and cut through hindering red tape in the aftermath of the May 24 mass school shooting that left 19 young students and two teachers dead. The declaration will “accelerate all available state and…


The Uvalde Shooting: What Could Have Been Avoided?

Salvador Ramos shot and killed 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas in the latest mass school shooting. As the gun law debate resumes after such a tragedy, I examine all of the actions leading up to the shooting to examine breakdowns in the system that can shed light on…


Uvalde Barber Recounts Racing to School, Giving Shotgun to Border Agent

UVALDE, Texas—Steve Mena, owner of a barber shop in downtown Uvalde, Texas, was about to cut Jacob Albarado’s hair when each of their wives contacted them about an active shooter at the local elementary school. “At the same time he got a text message, I got a phone call from my wife, because we both…


Uvalde Grieves, Says Goodbyes at Visitations, Funerals

UVALDE, Texas—A week after a gunman ran into a Texas grade school and started shooting, the first of 21 funerals began on Tuesday. Hundreds of mourners turned out for an afternoon Mass to remember Amerie Jo Garza. Six pallbearers wearing white shirts and gloves carried her small casket into Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which turned…


McConnell: Bipartisan Negotiations Looking at Mental Illness, School Safety After Mass Shooting

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says Republicans are working across the aisle to try to reach a compromise bill to respond to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting with a focus on mental illness and school safety. The Uvalde shooting left 19 children as well as two teachers dead, and has prompted lawmakers on both…


Embattled Uvalde Police Chief Can Take City Council Seat: Mayor

The police chief of the school district in Texas where a mass shooting at an elementary school took place on May 24 can assume the City Council seat to which he was previously elected, according to the city’s mayor. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo was elected to the Uvalde City Council…


Uvalde Mayor Announces Good News for Embattled Police Chief

The police chief of the school district in Texas where a mass shooting at an elementary school took place on May 24 can assume the City Council seat to which he was previously elected, according to the city’s mayor. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo was elected to the Uvalde City Council…