The commander at the scene in Uvalde believed that 18-year-old gunman was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School and that children were no longer at risk.
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Sen. Collins exploring bipartisan compromise on gun safety measures
Collins says she is optimistic a compromise can be found after the initial meeting of 4 Republican and 4 Democratic senators.
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Senate Republicans block domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
Sen. Susan Collins is among the no votes as Democrats’ first attempt at responding to recent back-to-back mass shootings has failed in the Senate.
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‘Precious individuals’ taken in Texas school shooting
The names of the victims in Tuesday’s Texas school shooting are only beginning to emerge, as the grief-stricken community of 16,000 tries to process what happened.
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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school, where gunman’s rampage killed 19 children, 2 teachers
About 30 minutes before the bloodbath, the gunman made 3 social media posts, 2 related to shooting his grandmother, and 1 that he was going to shoot up an elementary school.
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U.S. gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings
In recent weeks, a string of devastating shootings — at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, a church in Laguna Woods, California, and now an elementary school in little Uvalde, Texas — has renewed calls for tighter gun restrictions. Just hours after a teenage gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at […]
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Connecticut senator begs for gun compromise after Texas shooting
Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy came to Congress representing Sandy Hook, a school where 26 students and educators were killed in 2012.
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At least 19 children killed in Texas elementary school shooting
The governor says the suspected shooter, an 18-year-old man, also died and was believed to be killed by responding officers.
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Police detain Greely student who threatened to shoot 3 students
MSAD 51 Superintendent Jeffrey Porter said the student referenced a gun in a backpack but no gun was found on school grounds.
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Grief, anger from relatives of Buffalo supermarket shooting
Payton Gendron, wearing an orange jail uniform and a mask, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday.