School Shooting

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National

The story of a Uvalde victim's green shoes captures the White House's attention

Maite Rodriguez, a lover of animals and the environment, dreamed of being a marine biologist. She was killed during the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Jaclyn Diaz
National

A Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old friend

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.
Vanessa Romo
National

More than $2.7 million has been raised for the children of a Uvalde teacher

Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary last week. Then, two days later, her husband of 24 years died of a heart attack, leaving their four children without parents.
Becky Sullivan
National

A brokenhearted husband dies after his wife is killed in the Texas school shooting

Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said.
The Associated Press
National

21 crosses stand in front of Uvalde's Robb Elementary to honor those who were killed

"The children!" cries Linda Martinez, a retired pastor who came to the scene with a bouquet of flowers. "So young. I just can't believe it's real. We just have to help each other."
Merrit Kennedy
National

The Uvalde school massacre lasted at least 40 minutes

Local and state officials in Texas release more information, while Americans across the nation continue to express shock and grief at the massacre.
Ayana Archie

Rachel Treisman
Health

How to help your kids process what happened in Uvalde

Yesterday, an 18 year old man entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. There, he killed 21 people - 2 teachers, and 19 students. It's the 27th school shooting to occur this year. It's not a situation you can simply brush off. So how do you help your children proc
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
National

How world leaders are reacting to the Uvalde school shooting

Officials around the world are responding to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest such incident to take place in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
Rachel Treisman

Alex Leff
National

All of the Uvalde school shooting victims were in the same 4th grade classroom

The 19 students and two teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, shooting were all in the same classroom, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN on Wednesday.
Rachel Treisman
National

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much

Ron Avi Astor, a mass shooting expert and UCLA professor, said the approach to gun law reform should begin at the community level, with discussions between parents, schools and residents.
Ayana Archie

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