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Local police initially prevented federal agents from entering Robb Elementary on Tuesday to confront the Uvalde school shooter. NBC News reports two senior federal law enforcement officials claim federal agents waited 30 minutes after their arrival at the school before deciding to enter the building. Agents from BORTAC, the Customs and Border Protection tactical unit, and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations […]
New information continues to come in regarding the elementary school shooting in Texas. Per a report from regional NBC outlet KXAS, the state’s Department of Public Safety said Thursday that the gunman in the attack—since identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos—entered the school “unobstructed,” meaning he did not initially come into contact with school-affiliated officers or […]
Jimmy Kimmel shared a nine-minute monologue on Wednesday night’s show in which he addressed the elementary school shooting in Texas. At the top of the monologue, which Kimmel noted was recorded without an audience, he noted the country had yet again been forced into another day of mourning, this time after multiple children were killed […]
Salvador Ramos, the gunman who carried out a deadly attack at a Texas elementary school Tuesday, shared three chilling Facebook posts just minutes before the massacre, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. As reported by CBS News, the first two messages were sent about half an hour before the school shooting. Ramos allegedly wrote, “I’m going to shoot my grandmother,” which was […]
Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson says she’ll never do a school shooting episode, despite viewers’ demands. Brunson, who also stars in the ABC sitcom, declared her stance via Twitter on Wednesday—just a day after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in a Texas elementary school, killing 19 children and two teachers. “Wild how many people have asked for a […]
A Republican congressman is receiving backlash over his baseless, dangerous claim about the Uvalde school shooter. As pointed out by Mashable, Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar took to Twitter on Tuesday night to propagate a far-right theory about Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers Tuesday at Robb Elementary in Texas. Gosar described the suspect as a “transexual leftist […]
Nancy Crampton Brophy, who once wrote a blog essay titled “How to Kill Your Husband,” was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday for the fatal shooting of her husband in 2018, per New York Times. Brophy’s sentencing has been set for June 13. Daniel Brophy, a chef and instructor, was found dead on June 2 inside […]
Texas authorities say they’ve arrested a student who was spotted carrying a firearm Wednesday near his high school. The Richardson Police Department said they received a report about a rifle-wielding male at around shortly before 11 a.m. in the 1500 block of East Spring Valley Road. The caller told law enforcement the individual was last seen walking […]
The daughter of Eva Mireles, a fourth-grade teacher killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a tribute to her mother. “Mom, I have no words to describe how I feel right now, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life,” Ruiz wrote. “Mom, […]
Mere weeks after a domestic terrorist killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, the U.S. is facing yet another instance of mass gun violence, this time in the form of a school shooting in Texas. For far too many people in this country, what plays out in the coming days and weeks will bring […]
