The timeline of the police response is confounding for experts who say a quick response to active shooters is drilled into police.
Since the Columbine High School massacre more than 20 years ago, police have been trained to quickly confront shooters in the horrific attacks that have followed.
Govt-and-politics Probe could shed light on police time lapse in Uvalde deaths National News 'Very angry': Uvalde locals grapple with school chief's role National News Uvalde: Visitations, funerals and burials, one after another President Joe Biden said Monday that the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that, after the Texas elementary school shooting, there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman.
National News Deputies arrest Florida man who threatened a school shooting Remembering the victims of the Uvalde school shooting Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio, 10 Amerie Jo Garza, 10 Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10 Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10 Eliana “Ellie” Garcia, 9 Eva Mireles, 44 Irma Garcia Jacklyn Cazares, 9 Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10 Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10 Jose Manuel Flores Jr.
MIDLAND, TEXAS, AUG. 31, 2019. 7 DEAD. Seth Aaron Ator purchased an AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check, and fired it indiscriminately from his car into passing vehicles and shopping plazas. He also hijacked a mail truck, killing the driver. Ator had been blocked from getting a gun in 2014 after his background check was flagged because a court determined he was mentally ill, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA: NOV. 7, 2018. 12 DEAD. Ian David Long, a former Marine machine gunner who served in Afghanistan, used a legally purchased .45-caliber pistol with an extended magazine in the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill. California tried to outlaw high-capacity magazines, but a federal judge reversed that after a pro-gun group sued.
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TEXAS: NOV. 5, 2017. 25 DEAD. Devin Patrick Kelley's history of domestic abuse barred him from buying guns. He was able to because information about his crimes was never entered into a federal database used for background checks. The Air Force failed to follow rules requiring that it inform the FBI about his conduct. Kelley purchased four guns, including an AR-15-style rifle found at First Baptist Church, from licensed Texas and Colorado dealers over a four-year span.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Feds to probe why police delayed action to stop Uvalde shooterThe timeline of the police response is confounding for experts who say a quick response to active shooters is drilled into police.
Read more »
Feds might provide money to raze and rebuild Robb Elementary, state lawmaker saysTexas state Sen. Gutierrez said President Biden floated the idea of using federal grants to build a new school and pay for long-term health care needs in Uvalde, when the president visited the grieving community over the weekend.
Read more »
Feds considering razing, rebuilding Robb Elementary School, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez saysIn an interview with KSAT 12 anchor Steve Spriester, the Democratic senator, who represents Uvalde, said that President Biden told him that “we’re going to look to raze that school and build a new one.”
Read more »
Feds approve plan to delay scrapping a New England energy rule that harms renewablesFederal energy regulators approved the New England grid operator's controversial plan to keep an outdated energy rule in place for an extra two years.
Read more »
Feds to probe why police delayed action to stop Uvalde shooterThe timeline of the police response is confounding for experts who say a quick response to active shooters is drilled into police.
Read more »
Uvalde officers likely 'unprepared for conflict,' retired FBI agent who created active shooter program saysA retired FBI agent who created the active shooter program says the officers who responded to the Uvalde shooting 'may have been unprepared for conflict, which can lead to fatal results.'
Read more »