Nineteen families who lost children and loved ones in the Uvalde school shooting nearly two years ago have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety and 92 named troopers who responded to the scene. The suit contends that the officers were trained in active shooter training but failed to follow national standards […]
The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas have announced a lawsuit against nearly 100 state police officers who were part of the botched law enforcement response. The families said in a statement that they also agreed a two million dollars settlement with the city, under which city […]
City of Uvalde Mayor Cody Smith has resigned, leaving his post in the same week the police chief of the small Texas city is expected to depart, two years after one of deadliest school shootings in US history. Mr Smith said in a statement that he needed to focus on his health and thanked the […]
The Uvalde, Texas, police chief announced his resignation Tuesday, days after a City Council report cleared several officers of wrongdoing in the delayed law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 children and two teachers. “After much contemplation and consideration, I believe it is time for me to embark on […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde police chief who was on vacation during the Robb Elementary School shooting submitted his resignation Tuesday, less than a week after a report ordered by the city defended the department’s response to the attack but outraged some family members of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed. […]
A Democrat running to represent Uvalde, Texas, in Congress blasted the latest report into the 2022 school shooting as an insult to grieving families and criticized one of his Republican rivals as a would-be “Rambo” who is a poor role model for teenagers. Santos Limon, who won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the state’s 23rd District, […]
The former Uvalde mayor who ordered an investigation into actions by local police during the Robb Elementary School shooting said Friday he was surprised the report defended officers and believes the acting chief on the scene failed during the 2022 massacre. “What I’ve seen so far, it’s not quite what I was expecting,” said Don […]
A City Council report presented Thursday cleared several police officers of wrongdoing in the delayed law enforcement response to a shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that ended in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers two years ago. The Uvalde City Council commissioned its own investigation after then-Mayor Don McLaughlin expressed frustration […]
UVALDE — A city-commissioned independent review of Uvalde police’s response to the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared several of its local officers of wrongdoing, infuriating parents of the 19 children killed in the massacre and at least two city council members who rebuked the report after it was released Thursday. City officials hired private investigator […]
The House Republican who represents Uvalde, Texas, and broke with his party to vote for a gun safety bill after the school shooting there will face a runoff election in May against a popular gun YouTuber. Rep. Tony Gonzales failed to surpass the 50% threshold Tuesday in the Republican primary to avoid a runoff in […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The nearly 600-page report released by the Department of Justice on the handling of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde cited KXAN coverage. The report cited KXAN Investigative Reporter Kelly Wiley’s “Active shooter policy changed in wake of Uvalde, according to DPS emails” article in its bibliography. Wiley’s reporting covered […]
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Department of Justice took a “minute-by-minute” approach in its investigation of law enforcement’s response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde. Its nearly 600-page report describes chaos, confusion and ignorance — all aspects that the Texas House of Representatives found within their own investigation released just weeks after the 2022 […]