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Police officers walk past a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde

Uvalde mass shooter was not confronted by police before he entered the school, Texas official says

By Eric Levenson, Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN The 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not confronted by police before he entered the school, a Texas law enforcement official said Thursday, contradicting earlier comments from authorities and raising further questions about the police response to the

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Parents waited late into the night for children to be identified after a gunman killed 19 students and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school.

Uvalde school shooter was in school for up to an hour before law enforcement broke into room where he was barricaded and killed him

By Isabelle Chapman, Daniel A. Medina, Nicole Chavez, Dakin Andone and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school Tuesday was on the premises for up to an hour before law enforcement forcibly entered a classroom and killed him, officials said Wednesday. “It’s going to be

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Parents waited late into the night for children to be identified after a gunman killed 19 students and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school.

Uvalde school shooter texted a teenaged girl ‘Ima go shoot up a(n) elementary school’ before massacre

By Isabelle Chapman, Daniel A. Medina, Nicole Chavez, Dakin Andone and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Just before killing 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school Tuesday, the 18-year-old gunman allegedly texted a girl who lives in Germany about his intentions. According to screenshots reviewed by CNN and an interview with the 15-year-old girl

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