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Nearly 400 officers were in Uvalde before the gunman was killed, a new report finds

The scathing new report by lawmakers in Texas says "systemic failures" created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman at Robb Elementary School was finally confronted.

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Uvalde families to receive new report on police failures

Families in Uvalde are awaiting a new report expected to outline police failures in the May school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

Uvalde video shows raw feelings toward journalists linger

Two news outlets’ decision to release an excruciating 77-minute video this week showing police inaction during the Robb Elementary School mass shooting drew a harsh response from residents of Uvalde, Texas, even though they have sought this type of transparency for weeks

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Uvalde residents frustrated with officials over finger pointing, conflicting accounts and leaked video

Residents and victims’ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the state’s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief.

The Texas Tribune

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

On May 24, a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

Uvalde mayor blames ‘chicken’ media for releasing shooting video before families had viewed it

The 77-minute video shows heavily criticised police response to May attack

The Independent UK

A leaked video shows in painful detail how incompetent the Uvalde response was

The footage shows cops checking their phones, cleaning their hands while children were being killed.

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New video of Uvalde school shooting shows slow police response

Officers are seen arriving at the Texas school and taking cover; after 77 minutes, they exchange fire with the shooter.

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Uvalde mayor backs plan to release videos from school hallway showing police response to massacre

‘Vast array’ of yet-to-be-released footage would provide greater transparency, mayor says

The Independent UK

Uvalde mayor denies police officer had chance to shoot gunman outside school

DALLAS — Two days after the first in a series of reports examining the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary school shooting was released, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin has denied one of its most striking findings.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde mayor says police didn't get an early chance to end the school massacre

Mayor Don McLaughlin disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the deadly May 24 attack at a Texas elementary school.

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Uvalde mayor disputes that police had shot at gunman outside

The mayor of Uvalde is disputing a new report alleging missed chances to quickly end a massacre at a Texas elementary school

The Independent UK

Uvalde mayor disputes report that police missed opportunity to shoot gunman

Mayor Don McLaughlin denied a recent report that said a Uvalde officer passed up a chance to shoot the gunman at Robb Elementary. The officer never saw the gunman, he said.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde shooting victims are not getting funds fast enough, local officials say

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

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Uvalde’s mayor, state senator say victims relief center providing ‘meager’ benefits

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde’s mayor and its state senator say a one-stop resiliency center created to provide aid to victims’ families in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting is failing to provide adequate aid and should be taken over by the state.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde shooting victims aren’t getting compensated from state fund as intended, officials say

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to remove the Uvalde County district attorney from overseeing the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

Salon

Uvalde parents can't get "any answers"

Uvalde’s mayor said city officials could be prosecuted for releasing details of the investigation

The Texas Tribune

“Nobody’s giving us any answers”: Uvalde families demand details of shooting investigation at City Council meeting

Uvalde’s mayor said city officials could be prosecuted for releasing details of the investigation. Pete Arredondo, the City Council member and school district police chief, was absent for the second straight meeting.

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Editorial: Uvalde was an ‘abject failure,’ but there’s more to the story

We wish that we had a clear explanation for law enforcement’s tragically slow response to a gunman threatening and then murdering 19 children and two teachers in their elementary school in Uvalde. That, however, requires a greater commitment to transparency.

Tribune News Service

Embattled Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave as investigations continue

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who has faced blistering criticism for his decision to keep officers at bay while a school shooter was in a classroom with children, was placed on administrative leave late Wednesday.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave amid fierce criticism of school shooting response

The move comes weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Uvalde CISD police Chief Pete Arredondo, one of the first to respond, and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened inside the school.

The Texas Tribune

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez sues DPS for not releasing Uvalde shooting records

State and local Uvalde officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity on the botched emergency response to the shooting that killed 19 children and two educators.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate resumes Uvalde hearing that mayor calls ‘Bozo the Clown show’

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas Senate committee examining the Uvalde shooting will hold its second day of testimony Wednesday.

Salon

Cops detained Uvalde teacher's husband

Longtime Uvalde Officer Ruben Ruiz had conducted the district's active-shooter drill just weeks earlier

Al Jazeera

Texas mass shooting: Mayor says Uvalde school to be demolished

A gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in an attack at the Texas school in May.

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