Uvalde

Uvalde survivors Miah Cerrillo and Khloie Torres show off their Kid Hero Awards at the Texas Public Safety Conference in Galveston, Texas, April 5, 2023. — Stephanie Mendez/ABC News (GRAPEVINE, Texas) — Three former Robb Elementary School students are receiving a national award Monday for their actions during the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE (UVALDE, Texas) — A year after the shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 21 people dead, some families in Uvalde, Texas, are troubled that the authorities still have not finished investigating the events of that day, including the botched police response. “We feel there’s no justice for the fallen […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Despite a consistent stream of tragedies, Texas officials aren’t doing enough to combat gun violence, according to elected officials, activists and families of people killed in mass shootings who say they are frustrated by a lack of legislative progress in the state. Although gun reform activists claimed a small victory […]

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (UVALDE) — Lawyers representing former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo in multiple lawsuits stemming from the massacre last year at a Texas elementary school are being paid by the Uvalde school district’s insurance carrier, the district confirmed Friday. “We are not writing checks for his legal fees, but our insurance coverage […]

Stephanie Mendez/ABC News (TEXAS) — As Miah Cerrillo and Khloie Torres made their way to the stage at the Galveston Island Ballroom in Galveston Texas, the entire convention erupted in a standing ovation. The two 11-year-old students—who called 911 during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas—were honored with the Kid Hero […]

Kate Holland/ABC News (UVALDE, Texas) — Students of the Uvalde Independent Consolidated School District staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest gun violence, acknowledging the 19 elementary school children and two teachers who were killed after the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last May. Uvalde students said they took inspiration from students in […]

Ana Rodríguez, Veronica Mata, Gloria Cazares and Kimberly Rubio speak with Nightline. — ABC News (UVALDE, Texas) — Nearly 10 months after 19 Robb Elementary School students and two teachers were killed in one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history, mothers of those victims told ABC News their anguish hasn’t gone away. […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — After failing to file papers supporting the less-than-honorable discharge of the former schools police chief blamed for inaction during a Texas school massacre last year, the Uvalde school district has moved to restore the official blemish they had placed on the record of Pete Arredondo. The district filed for a […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Uvalde, Texas, school district officials announced Monday that they have hired two new school district police officers, marking the first move to rebuild the district’s police force — five months after the entire force was suspended amid scrutiny over the police response to the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary […]

MARK FELIX/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The NFL announced Wednesday the high school football coaches nominated by 32 NFL teams for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award, representing the best in coaching at the high school level. In the eight months since the mass shooting that took 21 lives at […]