DHS Warns of Extremists Encouraging Uvalde Copycat Attacks
Some extremist online forums also claim the Robb Elementary School shooting was staged by the government in an attempt to advance gun control measures.
Some extremist online forums also claim the Robb Elementary School shooting was staged by the government in an attempt to advance gun control measures.
Senator Roland Gutierrez said Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo did not know students were calling 911 from inside the classroom.
Twenty-one people were killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting and stories of heroism have emerged amid the devastation.
Police confirmed the teacher propped open the door with a rock but closed it before the gunman entered, contradicting an original statement.
Campus hardening measures can only go so far in preventing school shootings. We need stronger gun laws to truly make our campuses safer.
Officials said the gunman entered the school unobstructed and that he was barricaded inside a classroom for nearly an hour-and-a-half before being killed.
Officials say the shooter, who was armed with a handgun and an assault rifle, barricaded himself in a fourth-grade classroom where he killed at least 21 people.