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FCS All-American LB Tucker-Dorsey Transfers to Texas

The redshirt junior notified coach Steve Sarkisian’s staff of his decision earlier this week.

Sports Illustrated

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, repeatedly calling 911, as a team of 19 police officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded…

Los Angeles Times

Texas official says police made "the wrong decision" during Uvalde shooting

Police waited several minutes to breach the classrooms where the gunman had barricaded himself with victims.

Axios

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Texas shooting – latest: Trump speaks at NRA meeting as Abbott ‘livid’ over police errors

Law enforcement admit wrongfully believing gunman was ‘barricaded’ despite active shooter threat

The Independent UK

Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks

The Independent UK

NRA holds annual meeting in Texas under cloud of controversy

Texas governor backs out of in-person appearance as protesters descend on gun-rights group’s event

The Guardian - US

Trump, protests expected at NRA convention in Texas days after Uvalde shooting

HOUSTON — Thousands of people gathered at the downtown convention center here for the controversial annual meeting of the National Rifle Association just days after a mass shooting 270 miles west in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 21 people, including 19 children.

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America, how long will you sacrifice your children on the altar of gun worship?

This devotion to the right to bear arms is horrifyingly outdated. It brought terror to Texas – and it will happen again and again, warns Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Texas school massacre: Police admit ‘wrong not to storm class earlier’

The on-site commander believed the gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was barricaded in a classroom during Tuesday’s attack and that the children were not at risk, a senior official told a press conference

Evening Standard

90 minutes of terror: Questions mount over Texas shooting

With pressure mounting to explain the delayed police response to the massacre at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers, Gov. Greg Abbott scrapped plans to attend the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston and will travel to the grieving town of Uvalde on Friday…

Los Angeles Times

What we know about the victims of the Uvalde school shooting

Two teachers and 19 students were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. At least four others were injured.

WEKU

Greg Abbott Is Full of Shit

And culpable.

Texas Observer

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Netflix add content warning to Stranger Things season 4 after Texas school shooting

Netflix's fourth season of Stranger Things dropped on the streaming platform on Friday, just days after the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting

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The Guardian - US

‘Forgive me, forgive my son’: parents of Texas school shooter respond

Ominous social media posts could have alerted the authorities but sifting through possible threats is an enormous task, experts say

The Guardian - US

Maker of rifle used in Texas shooting faces outrage over ad featuring child

Georgia-based Daniel Defense posted an ad on 16 May showing a toddler holding a rifle

The Independent UK

Students who survived Texas school attack describe scene

A young survivor of the massacre at a Texas elementary school says she covered herself with a friend’s blood and pretended to be dead while she waited for help to arrive

Evening Standard

Uvalde: US Marshals deny handcuffing desperate parents outside Texas school shooting

US Marshals have denied handcuffing a desperate parent at the scene of the Texas school shooting who pleaded with them to run inside and confront the shooter.

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Salon

Greg Abbott will address NRA — by video

"We're in the stage when Republican politicians hide and hope this blows over. Don't let it," advocates warn

Daily Mirror

Texas cop says officers didn't rush to find gunman because 'they could have been shot'

Department of Safety Lieutenant Chris Olivarez suggested the officers locked evil gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, inside the classroom where he slaughtered 19 children and two heroic teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

Police rule out connection between Uvalde gunman and 2018 school shooting threats

The Republican lawmaker mistakenly connected the Uvalde shooter to the arrests

WEKU

Caught in a storm of criticism and internal strife, the NRA meets in Houston

This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

The Independent UK

Questions arise over police delays with gunman inside school

Authorities say the 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers

Salon

NRA goes to Texas to celebrate gun power

Donald Trump and Wayne LaPierre are ready to party and enjoy the fruits of their labor

The Independent UK

Eleven-year-old survivor of Texas school shooting reveals how she covered herself in blood and played dead

‘Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead,’ said the 11-year-old’s aunt

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