Bri Kirkham
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Texas Public Radio
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said a commander on the scene at the elementary school in Uvalde chose not to engage the shooter because it was believed children were no longer at risk.
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How the school shooting in Uvalde is prompting another set of questions about access to AR-15's and other guns. -
The team will also take donations to hospitals, law enforcement, health care workers, and funeral homes that are providing free services.
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Just days after a shooter in Uvalde killed 19 students and 2 teachers at an elementary school, four males were arrested on Wednesday for credible threats to Donna Independent School District.
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Expert says August, September typically peak for hurricanes in Houston region and advises residents to create evacuation plan.
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This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.
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DPS Director Steven McCraw will be giving the briefing near the school. State law enforcement officials have been widely criticized for previous news briefings, as questions remain as to why police did not enter the school sooner.
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Parents and other guardians waited desperately trying to get more information on what was happening and where their children were.
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to South Texas after a shooter killed 19 children and two schoolteachers on Tuesday. The tragedy is the country’s second-deadliest school shooting.
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An official with the Texas Department of Public Safety said he’d “circle back” with reporters over questions about response time and whether the shooter barricaded himself in a classroom during the shooting spree.
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Hemisfair is planning the planting of hundreds of large trees there, with the public's help.
