Texas school shooting

The last victim of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was laid to rest Saturday. 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia was remembered for his contagious laugh, love of silly jokes, and sweet and outgoing nature.

The unidentified officers said they feared hitting children playing in the line of fire outside the school, the official told The New York Times.

The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history says in his first extensive published comments that he didn’t consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded.

Cody Briseno said he has helped bury five children who died at that day, including a cousin.

Texas authorities acknowledged Friday that officers did not immediately enact a tactical response during a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, despite 911 calls from students inside begging for help.

A relative of the Uvalde, Texas, gunman told NBC that her grandmother remains in critical condition and faces more surgery. The older woman was shot by the gunman before he set out on his rampage at the Robb Elementary School, where he also killed two teachers.

The 18-year-old was killed by law enforcement officials after attacking the elementary school

Jaelynn Willey was shot and killed in school by an ex-boyfriend back in 2018. Her mother continues the fight for gun reform and says the Texas shooting is a reminder of the work still to be done. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Communities across the country are grappling with how to keep children safe and talk to them about the shooting.

Some schools in the Washington, D.C., area say they are stepping up security out of an abundance of caution after a shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas.

There are no reported threats to schools in the D.C. area, but some school communities are stepping up security out of an abundance of caution after a horrific school shooting in Texas. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other state lawmakers have weakened Texas’ gun control laws in recent years, even after deadly shootings at a Walmart in El Paso, a high school in Santa Fe and a church in Sutherland Springs.

Former President Donald Trump was also scheduled to speak at the convention.

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor Tuesday to address politicians and beg for change after a mass shooting resulted in the death of over 19 kids and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott discusses the shooting at a Texas elementary school that left at least 14 students and 1 teacher dead.

By a number of measures, guns in schools remain a deadly danger as in-class learning that was paused during the coronavirus pandemic resumes.