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School Crimes
June 27, 2024

School Police Chief, Officer Indicted on Child Endangerment Charges for Role in Response to Uvalde School Shooting

The Uvalde school district’s former police chief and one of his former officers have been indicted on felony charges of abandoning and endangering children for their roles in the law enforcement response to the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas in 2022. Christina Mitchell, the 38th Judicial District Attorney, confirmed the charges against former …

Lawsuit
May 25, 2024

Uvalde Victims Sue Gun Manufacturer, Meta, and Video Game Maker

Family members of some of the victims of the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are suing the manufacturer of the gun the 18-year-old murderer used in that shooting as well as Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, and video game maker Activision. The two lawsuits join suits filed earlier this week against …

Mass shooting
May 22, 2024

Family Members of Uvalde School Shooting Victims File Suit Against State Police Officers

Family members of 19 victims of the 2022 shooting an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have filed suit against 92 Texas Department of Public Safety officers who were among the hundreds of law enforcement personnel who waited 77 minutes to confront the 18-year-old gunman who ultimately killed 19 students and two teachers in a pair …

Mass shooting
March 7, 2024

Uvalde Parents Furious After New Report Clears Local Cops of Wrongdoing

A report commissioned by Uvalde city leaders has cleared all the local police officers involved in the non-response to the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in May 2022. Instead, the report contradicts state and federal reports on the same incident and blames everyone except the local officers, who stood in a hallway for 77 …

Mass shooting
January 19, 2024

Grand Jury to Investigate Botched Response to Deadly Uvalde School Shooting

A grand jury has convened in Texas to determine if any law enforcement officer should face criminal charges in connection with the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde nearly two years ago. The Uvalde Leader-News said a dozen people were selected to serve on the grand jury on Friday and that they …

Mass shooting
January 18, 2024

‘Significant Failure’: Cops Could’ve Stopped Uvalde School Massacre Sooner, DOJ Says

A Department of Justice report released on Thursday identified multiple missteps in police’s response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 students and two adults. The 600-page report determined that “cascading failures of leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy, and training” allowed gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, to remain barricaded in a fourth-grade …

Mass shooting
May 24, 2023

Uvalde: Top Cops Still on the Job a Year After 19 Children Were Killed in Class

Many law enforcement officials remain on the job a year after the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 students and two adults The Washington Post reported that footage from the May 24, 2022, shooting in Uvalde uncovered at least seven responding officers who delayed confronting gunman Salvador Ramos, who was barricaded in an unlocked …

Mass shooting
January 6, 2023

Uvalde Elementary School Shooter’s Mom Arrested for Making Death Threats

The mother of the man who killed 19 children last year at a Texas elementary school was arrested on Wednesday in Oklahoma for allegedly making death threats. Adriana Reyes, 40, reportedly threatened to kill a man in Oklahoma City. The man told cops that Reyes was angry at him and feared she would attack him …

Mass shooting
October 7, 2022

Entire Uvalde School District Police Department Suspended Months After Shooting That Killed 19 Children

On Friday, the Uvalde, Texas, School District suspended its entire police department amid criticism of their handling of May’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary that killed 19 students and two teachers. In a statement issued to the Texas Tribune, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said director of student services Ken Mueller decided to retire …