UVALDE

Police in South Texas received a call from an unknown person on Friday that migrants were "suffocating" on a train.

Uvalde, TX Mayor Don McLaughlin is sounding the alarm on human smugglers' ongoing efforts to exploit the Biden administration's border policies.

Uvalde officials said U.S. Border Patrol responded to a 911 call alerting them about a group of people who were trapped for hours inside of a shipping container.

A U.S. official said all indications suggest the victims were migrants being smuggled into the country illegally.

In this week’s episode, we discuss the weapon used by the school shooter in Uvalde and new details that highlight how fear of the gun contributed to the botched police response.

In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

The state’s top police department, which oversees the Texas Rangers — whose officers investigated the shooting — has refused to release records, including incident reports, internal communications, ballistic reports and body-camera footage.

Gun policy reform is the best way to address school safety, according to experts on a panel in Austin. They also cautioned against doubling down on surveillance technology.

The district attorney claims the support of every family who lost a child in the 2022 mass shooting.

More than nine months after the Uvalde school shooting, top GOP lawmakers maintain focus on school safety reforms and investments in mental health resources in hopes it will prevent future tragedies.

The bill would require courts to send mental health information to the government agency that does criminal background checks for gun purchasers.

The bill, introduced months after the Uvalde school shooting, also allocates more funds to the state’s school safety allotment, which is money given to districts to improve campus security.

Family members of victims killed in the Uvalde school shooting have confronted Texas’ police chief in an emotional end to a day of protests at the state Capitol over gun laws.

The incident comes as lawmakers debate how to make schools safer after the Uvalde massacre and favor measures like arming more educators.

Through a grant the BISD Police Department has secured top-of-the-line, rifle-resistant Vanguard shields for 72 officers, and near-EMT level IFAK emergency response kits using department funds. Both items are part of the Brownsville Independent School District’s ongoing response to school safety concerns in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting last May. Edward Martinez, the BISD Police training coordinator, said of the emergency first aid kits. We have medical kits, but these are smaller and can be hooked onto your vest or your belt,” Martinez said of the emergency kits. The kits cost $95 each, and BISD is seeking a grant to cover the cost, Chief Oscar Garcia said.

Many relatives of Uvalde victims back bills that state Rep. Tracy King and Sen. Roland Gutierrez are pushing in the Legislature. But limits on gun access don’t fare well at the Capitol.

Many relatives of Uvalde victims back bills that state Rep. Tracy King and Sen. Roland Gutierrez are pushing in the Legislature. But limits on gun access don’t fare well at the Capitol.

State police had 91 officers on the scene, more than any other law enforcement agency.

Preview: In an interview airing February 12 on "CBS Sunday Morning," the co-founder of the advocacy group March For Our Lives said, "We came out and we literally said, 'Never again.' … Obviously, that didn't work."

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives amended a rule that classifies guns with “stabilized braces” as rifles, which are subject to different regulations, triggering the objection of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gun Owners of America.

Texans veteran middle linebacker Christian Kirksey, a Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee, has built a strong relationship with the Uvalde High School football team.

With the support of Uvalde families, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) is filing more than 20 bills in the Texas legislature aimed at stopping mass shootings.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, wants to prevent communication breakdowns like the ones that occurred in the botched response to the Uvalde school shooting.

Lawmakers are looking at ways to keep teachers, make schools safer, give parents money for private schooling and censor conversations about sex and gender.

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Co., urged the CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their mobile app stores immediately in a letter on Thursday.

Lawmakers are looking at ways to keep teachers in the profession, make schools safer, give parents money for private schooling and censor conversations about sex and gender.

As mass shootings are again drawing public attention, states across the U.S. seem to be deepening their political divide on gun policies.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat, introduced a package of legislation that includes a bill that would end qualified immunity, which shields government officials from liability for constitutional violations.

The Robb Elementary School shooter had hundreds of unexcused absences, and a House investigative report noted it was unclear whether any attempts were made by the school district to find out what was happening in the teen’s life before he was involuntarily withdrawn.

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Republican Greg Abbott is starting a record-tying third term as Texas governor promising safer classrooms.

Historically, in sessions after a mass shooting in Texas, bills seeking to restrict guns have gone nowhere.

The Houston Astros Caravan is back, y’all!

The preliminary report has not been made public by either the district attorney’s office or the state. The Texas Rangers are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary.

Round Rock ISD is thought to be among the first school districts in Texas where social workers and police officers work directly with one another to provide mental health support to students.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw accused the suspended Texas Ranger of failing to perform his duty during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Adriana Martinez Reyes has been charged with threatening to perform an act of violence as well as assault and battery against a man she was living with.

2022 saw a record number of people under 18 years old killed, but some cities have reported a drop in homicides.

After spending the last two school years battling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brownsville Independent School District returned to nearly normal operations in 2022.

The Matas never celebrated Day of the Dead before; this year they built an altar at the grave of 10-year-old Tess, surrounded by family. For Thanksgiving and Christmas, they broke their traditions.

Ted Cruz remained amongst the most visible and controversial conservatives in the country this year.

Can’t teachfortitudeI read with amusement, the page A3 C1 article by Karen Brooks about Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McGraw’s fantasy training facility (Nov. 25). How in the world can you train someone to improve their intestinal fortitude? Perhaps Mr. Navarrette is not aware that there were many Hispanic and Native American Texas Rangers beginning in the early 1830s. I find it interesting that Navarrette blames the Texas Rangers for the slaughter of our children in Uvalde on May 24. And that is the reason he wants the Texas Rangers to change the name of their baseball team.

After the Texas Department of Public Safety suspended Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell, one of hundreds of officers who responded to the May 24 mass shooting, felony cases he investigated are in jeopardy and experts have questioned the justification for his suspension.

The committee urged lawmakers to pay special attention to rural areas. But its lone proposal on guns would not have made a difference in the Robb Elementary shooting.

A report on a safety audit recently conducted at Uvalde schools, and a new analysis revealing stunning delays in the medical response after the shooting at Robb Elementary delivered a one-two punch of bad news for the community just before the winter holidays.

The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at an Uvalde elementary school in May gained access to the building through an unlocked side door.

A school safety inspector was able to gain access to a campus building in Uvalde, Texas, during a recent security audit, the superintendent said on Monday.

UVALDE (AP) — Ambulances in short supply, police cars blocking access for medical vehicles and helicopters with critical blood supplies stationed miles away from Robb Elementary all delayed life-savin[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Ambulances in short supply, police cars blocking access for medical vehicles and helicopters with critical blood supplies stationed miles away from Robb Elementary all delayed life-saving care for victims in the Uvalde, Texas school massacre, according to a report published Tuesday.

Sylvia Uriegas transported children who were wounded inside Robb Elementary School to the hospital. The terror of that day still haunts her.

The inspector accessed one of three schools selected for an "intruder selection audit" through a loading dock door that did not properly lock, interim Superintendent Gary Patterson said.

Texas lawmakers and families of the victims of the Robb Elementary school massacre testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday to advocate for federal gun reform.

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Roland Gutierrez made the remarks during a hearing of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security that was focused on bipartisan legislative solutions to gun violence.

The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday that its troopers will began conducting random commercial vehicle safety inspections as they cross international ports of entry (POEs) into Texas, according to a release.

The suit names local and state police, the city and other school and law enforcement...

Victims of a Texas elementary school shooting are seeking a $27 billion class action lawsuit against city and state police, the city of Uvalde and other school and law enforcement officials for failing to follow active shooter protocol, according to the lawsuit filed this week.

AUSTIN (AP) — The city of Uvalde sued the local prosecutor's office Thursday seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 chil[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The $27 billion lawsuit blames law enforcement for failing to stop a gunman from killing 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in May.

The city of Uvalde has sued the local prosecutor’s office seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the city of Uvalde says the district attorney is restricting information needed by its independent investigator. Uvalde wants a judge to compel the prosecutor to hand over all relevant investigative information.

A grieving actor Matthew McConaughey and a pair of little girl’s Converse sneakers with a heart: those are one of the searing images imprinted on many Americans’ minds in the wake of the grisly, devastating mass shooting of children and their teachers at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May.

The lawsuit accuses Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the shooter’s weapon, of marketing that primes “young buyers to purchase AR-15-style rifles as soon as they are legally able.”

The suit alleges the gun used by the shooter was unfairly marketed by Daniel Defense and claims a local shop negligently transferred the gun to the shooter.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether she’d make the all-star softball team.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the maker of the gun used in the massacre.

America is enduring a stretch of gun violence that spiked at the start of the pandemic and has yet to subside.

As investigators combed through the life of the Robb Elementary school shooter, they discovered he was absent from school for hundreds of days before being “involuntarily withdrawn” from the district.

Some parents and family of the students killed at Robb Elementary in May campaigned for Democrats. They were hoping for stricter gun control laws in Texas.

Lt. Mariano Pargas left the department voluntarily but it was not immediately clear whether he retired or resigned.

The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down.

Josh Gutierrez, who has a background in law enforcement and education, was hired to be the Uvalde school district's interim police chief on Wednesday.

A police commander at the scene of the Uvalde massacre was informed that children were alive in a classroom with the gunman more than 30 minutes before officers breached the room.

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The families of some of the 19 children killed at Robb Elementary rooted for Beto O’Rourke, hoping he would help change Texas gun laws. They left disappointed but determined to fight on.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has won a third term following one of the most expensive races of the 2022 midterm elections.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has won a third term following one of the most expensive races of the 2022 midterm elections.

First lady Jill Biden and U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were in Texas Sunday to help members of their respective parties energize voters before Election Day.

Texas schools would need silent panic buttons in classrooms and two-way emergency radios on campus under a new proposed state rule.

These proposed requirements could take effect this school year after the Texas Education Agency takes public comment into consideration.

The review of autopsies and other records is part of a criminal investigation by Texas Rangers into the hesitant police response at Robb Elementary School.

AUSTIN (AP) — A Texas doctor said Thursday he is working with state police to determine whether any of the 21 people killed in the Uvalde school shooting could have been saved had medical help arrived[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

An increase in fake active-shooter reports since the beginning of the school year has intensified parents’ anxieties and required an additional law enforcement response.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, said the legislation is partly meant to be punitive and that no amount of money would console the victims’ families.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, said the legislation is partly meant to be punitive and that no amount of money would console the victims’ families.

Día de los Muertos, honors loved ones who have passed, the holiday resonated in Uvalde, Texas with a deeper degree of tragedy this year after the community lost 19 children and two teachers last May.

The inquiry will help determine whether criminal charges should be brought against responding officers.

A study is underway into whether quicker medical care could've saved lives after the...

Murals of the victims give the community a positive outlet to process their grief and celebrate their loved ones’ lives.

After the gunman fired off dozens of rounds, and more than one hour after the massacre started, a 10-year-old called 911 begging for help from officers standing on the other side of the wall.

Beto O'Rourke held an event at Texas A&M International University Wednesday to stress...

Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez is expected to announce a new policy proposal for the Uvalde community following the recent massacre at Robb Elementary.

A series of miscommunications from nearly 400 members of law enforcement led to long wait times for those stuck inside Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers died.

Families of some of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school massacre commemorated the Day of Dead with a rally, procession and decorated altar outside the Texas Capitol on Tuesday night.

Ongoing protests in the wake of the Robb Elementary shooting hold echoes of 1970s protest movement against racial inequities.

Weeks after Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the botched police response to the Uvalde school shooting, he told fam[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

He previously said he would step down if any of his officers had any culpability in the botched response to the massacre.

Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, who represents Uvalde, called on the state's Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw to resign on Thursday.

The Texas Politics Project recently asked voters about the issues most important to them. The top three were immigration, the state economy and abortion, all with double-digit support.