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A Texas law enforcement official has criticized the police response to the Uvalde school shooting, which he said they could have stopped within three minutes. As NPR reports, Texas Department of Public Safety director Steve McCraw described the law enforcement response to the massacre as an “abject failure.” He suggested the police, who took approximately an hour […]
A Texas woman was hit with a felony charge after she allegedly spat on a corpse during a funeral viewing. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KLTV, police arrested 51-year-old Laurie Lynn Hinds on June 5, about seven months after she allegedly committed the crime in Tyler, Texas. Authorities say Hinds entered the funeral home, made a beeline […]
A Texas man, who has been charged with murder and tampering with evidence in connection to the disappearance of 24-year-old Felicia Johnson, allegedly had a number of suspicious Google searches, including “Can bleach destroy DNA?,” “how to delete your history completely,” and “how to kill without getting caught.” Chukwuebuka Nwobodo, 28, was arrested on May 13 and questioned by […]
A bizarre image caught on CCTV footage has left Texas residents and internet sleuths scratching their heads. According to NBC 5, the photo in question was captured around 1:30 a.m. on May 21 at the Amarillo Zoo. The image appears to show the silhouette of a strange-looking figure walking alongside a chain-link fence. Though the details are hard to […]
Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, is opening up about his thoughts on the shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary School. In an op-ed for the Austin American-Statesman, the actor reveals that he is a supporter of the second amendment, and not gun “control.” Instead, he’s calling for gun “responsibility,” and urging those […]
The officer in charge of the Uvalde School shooting response reportedly arrived at the scene without his radio. Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez shared the details with the Associated Press on Friday, just 10 days after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire inside Robb Elementary school, killing 19 children and two teachers. The Democratic lawmaker said an […]
A man allegedly told authorities that he broke into the Dallas Museum of Art Wednesday night and damaged more than $5 million worth of art pieces because he “got mad at his girl,” NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reports. Brian Hernandez, 21, was arrested shortly after he got into the museum around 9:40 p.m. by using a metal chair […]
Services for some of the 19 students and two teachers killed in last week’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, took place on Monday, with 19 of the victims being buried in custom coffins made by casket-maker Trey Ganem. Ganem, the owner of custom casket company SoulShine Industries, based in Edna, Texas, has donated […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a controversial Texas law that would’ve banned social media platforms from restricting user posts based on their views. CNN reports the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling arrives after the tech industry argued in a petition that the Texas law would violate companies’ First Amendment rights to control what content they display on […]
The Uvalde Independent School District police force and Uvalde Police Department are no longer cooperating with the investigation by the state’s Department of Public Safety into last Tuesday’s school shooting at Robb Elementary School and the police response to it, ABC News reports. The news was reportedly revealed by “multiple” law enforcement officials, per ABC News. A Texas DPS spokesperson declined comment […]
