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Texas Governor Pulls Out of NRA Convention

Abbott plans to hold press conference in Uvalde instead

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won't be appearing at the National Rifle Association convention in Houston on Friday after all, a spokesman has confirmed. The Republican governor, who was heavily criticized for his plan to speak at the convention just days after the deadliest school shooting in state history, will...

10-Year-Old Survivor Describes Shooting

'The guy overheard and he came in and shot her'

(Newser) - It was a normal end-of-the-school-year kind of day: a morning awards ceremony, watching a movie in class, and then finishing up work, playing with friends, and "doing whatever we do"—until Gemma Lopez's fourth-grade class heard what Gemma initially thought might be firecrackers. It soon became clear...

Don McLean Pulls Out of NRA Concert
Almost Everyone
Has Now Pulled Out
of NRA Concert
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May 27, 2022 12:09 AM CDT

Almost Everyone Has Now Pulled Out of NRA Concert

Following Don McLean pulling out, others do the same

(Newser) - Update: Nearly all of the musicians previously set to perform at the NRA's Saturday night concert in Houston have exited. Lee Greenwood, Larry Gatlin, T. Graham Brown, and Larry Stewart have all pulled out of performing, and SiriusXM's Y2Kountry host Danielle Peck is also out. Sources tell Billboard...

Slain Teacher's Husband Dies 2 Days After Her

Joe Garcia, married to Irma Garcia, suffered a fatal heart attack

(Newser) - Joe Garcia will not be counted among the official victims of Tuesday's massacre in Uvalde, Texas , but he may as well be. Garcia—the husband of one of two teachers killed in the assault—suffered a fatal heart attack on Thursday, reports the Dallas Morning News . Garcia had been...

Police Response in Uvalde Becomes Flashpoint
Anger Over Police Response:
'There Are Kids!'
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May 26, 2022 1:32 PM CDT

Anger Over Police Response: 'There Are Kids!'

Video emerges of parents angrily confronting officers outside Robb Elementary in Uvalde

(Newser) - One of the stories emerging as a flashpoint Thursday in the wake of the mass shooting in Texas is anger over the police response in Uvalde. However, many details about the timeline remain unclear, and the New York Times reports that two officers from the Uvalde Police Department did immediately...

Rubio Takes Issue With NBA Call for Gun Reform

Miami Heat announcer makes 'strikingly strong' call

(Newser) - On Tuesday night, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr made waves with his gun reform-focused press conference . On Wednesday, the Miami Heat made a similar move. Ahead of their playoff matchup against the Boston Celtics, the PA announcer kicked things off with this: "The Heat organization, the Boston Celtics,...

Kimmel on Gun Rules: 'This Is Now Our Fault'

Late-night hosts tackle the mass shooting in Texas

(Newser) - Late-night hosts dug into the Texas mass shooting during their Wednesday monologues, often with emotional pleas:
  • Seth Meyers: He said he knew when he started his show he'd have days in which he'd have to talk about school shootings before segueing into lighter fare. He added that he
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It Took Police 40 Minutes to Move in as Classroom Full of Kids Was Massacred

'They were unprepared,' says father of one victim

(Newser) - After the shooter barricaded himself in a fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, it was 40 minutes or more before officers entered the room and the gunman was killed by a Border Patrol team. Also dead by that point were 19 children and two teachers....

Teachers Killed in Uvalde Tried to Shield Their Students

Tributes to Eva Mireles, Irma Garcia posted

(Newser) - Eva Mireles, one of the teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting massacre Tuesday, was a hero who used her own body to shield her students from the gunman, Mireles' daughter Adalynn wrote in a heartbreaking, touching Facebook post obtained by TMZ . She lists all the things she wishes...

Second Amendment Isn't Absolute, Biden Says

President, first lady plan trip to Texas town reeling from school shooting

(Newser) - President Biden, arguing again for new gun control laws after the mass shooting in a Texas school, said Wednesday at the White House that the "Second Amendment is not absolute." When it was added to the Constitution, the president said, "You couldn't own a—you couldn'...

Gunman Sent Message: 'Going to Shoot Elementary School'

He apparently used Facebook Messenger

(Newser) - The 18-year-old gunman who murdered 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday did so with guns purchased just days prior. Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said a semiautomatic rifle was purchased May 17 at a local sporting goods store, with...

Beto O'Rourke Interrupts Abbott's Press Conference

'This is on you,' Democrat says of the mass shooting

(Newser) - Beto O'Rourke briefly brought a press conference by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the Uvalde mass shooting to a dramatic halt on Wednesday. O'Rourke—a Democrat challenging the Republican Abbott for governor—accused Abbott of being weak on gun control. Watch the video here . "The time to...

New Zealand PM Ardern Responds to Uvalde Shooting

She tells Colbert about her country's ban on military-style guns

(Newser) - Reflecting on Tuesday’s school shooting, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she does not view such events as a politician. “I see them just as a mother," she told Stephen Colbert, per the Guardian. "I’m so sorry for what has happened here." The...

Details Emerge About Teen Shooter in Texas
Details Emerge About
Teen Shooter in Texas
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May 25, 2022 12:22 PM CDT

Details Emerge About Teen Shooter in Texas

Salvador Rolando Ramos is described as a troubled teen fascinated with guns

(Newser) - In the wake of Tuesday's mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas , details are emerging about the gunman, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos. While Newser is focusing its coverage on the victims and other aspects of the aftermath, this file encompasses what's currently known about Ramos. Some of the...

GOP Rep for Uvalde: Today Not the Day to Talk Gun Reform

US Rep. Tony Gonzales said he's 'happy to debate' policy another time

(Newser) - Uvalde, Texas, is represented by US Rep. Tony Gonzales, and the Republican joined CBS Mornings on Wednesday to talk about the horrors that unfolded there Tuesday. "It was such a horrific scene that many of the children could not be identified and they had to use DNA and other...

Sandy Hook Mom: I 'Know What They Will Endure' for Life

Nicole Hockley's son Dylan was killed nearly 10 years ago

(Newser) - As America grieves for the families of those killed in the Uvalde mass shooting , Nicole Hockley expresses a different kind of grief: a knowing one. Her son Dylan was murdered nearly 10 years ago in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and she writes that she knows "the unspeakable...

GoFundMe Sets Up Hub to Keep Scammers From Uvalde Tragedy

Crowdfunding platform has verified fundraisers; blood donations, legal services also needed for Texas victims

(Newser) - Wanting to help victims and their families after a tragic event is a natural impulse, but avoiding scammers is key to making sure your money gets into the right hands. After Tuesday's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two adults were...

McConaughey Speaks on Hometown Mass Shooting

'We have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible,' actor says of Uvalde tragedy

(Newser) - Uvalde's most famous native son is speaking out about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, and he's imploring the nation to "do better." Matthew McConaughey, who was born in the Texas town where at least 21 people died Tuesday afternoon, called on Americans to "...

After Uvalde, Trump, Cruz to Speak at NRA Event in Houston

'It's not the time,' Dem Rep. Sheila Lee says of annual NRA meeting also set to feature Abbott

(Newser) - As more details emerge on Tuesday's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where the death toll has been updated to include 19 children and two adults, the Houston Chronicle reports that the National Rifle Association's annual meeting is set to take place a few hours...

All the Uvalde Victims Were in One 4th-Grade Classroom

Lt. Chris Olivarez shares what law enforcement knows thus far

(Newser) - More details of how the Uvalde mass shooting took place and the law enforcement response to it are emerging Wednesday, with a rep for the Texas Department for Public Safety telling CNN that all those killed were in the same 4th-grade classroom. "Just goes to show you the complete...

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