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The family of a Texas school shooting survivor has described how the 11-year-old saved herself by smearing blood on herself and playing dead when the gunman started shooting. On Tuesday (May 24), an 18-year-old stormed Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire on a 4th-grade class. Nineteen children…
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The husband of a Texas elementary school teacher killed in Tuesday's devastating shooting suffered a fatal heart attack just days after his wife was shot dead. Joe Garcia, the husband of Irma Garcia, died of a heart attack on Thursday (May 26) - two days after his wife was killed…
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A grieving father has opened up about the heartbreaking moment he discovered his 10-year-old daughter had been killed in Tuesday's Texas school shooting. In a harrowing interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Angel Garza - a trained medic aide - recalled how his daughter Amerie Jo had spent her final moments…
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Michael Moore has reacted to the school shooting in Texas. The award-winning documentary maker urged for the Second Amendment to be repealed and condemned anti-gun legislators for their "evil policy". Moore's Oscar-winning 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine explored America's trouble with gun violence over two decades ago. This week, he…
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A tearful Jimmy Kimmel kicked off his Wednesday night episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week by passionately addressing the school shooting in Texas. On Tuesday (May 24), an 18-year-old gunman opened fire on a class of kids at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The devastating attack left 19…
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Per Sky News, an earlier police account claimed that Ramos was "engaged" by an armed school resource officer after entering the school campus. However, South Texas's regional director for the TDPS told reporters on Thursday (May 26) that "he was not confronted by anybody" and there was not an armed…
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The mother of the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in Texas this week has claimed that her son was not "a violent person". In an interview with DailyMail.com, Adriana Reyes spoke about her relationship with her 18-year-old son Salvador Ramos, who opened fire on children at Robb…
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz abruptly walked away from an interview after being questioned about US gun laws. As the nation continues to mourn Tuesday's horrendous events in Uvalde, Texas, Ted Cruz has voiced what he believes to be his solution to shootings in US schools. It comes after a gunman…
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The 18-year-old Uvalde school shooter reportedly sent a series of disturbing text messages prior to his deadly rampage. As the nation continues to mourn the deaths of the 19 children and two adults who were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, more details are emerging about the events…
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All the deaths and injuries sustained in the Texas school shooting on Tuesday took place in one fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School. This was confirmed to CNN by Lt. Chris Olivarez, spokesperson for the Texas Department for Public Safety. The gunman was said to have barricaded himself in this…
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An NBA coach's impassioned and emotional reaction to Tuesday's Texas school shooting has been widely shared on social media. Golden State coach Steve Kerr spoke to reporters on Tuesday evening at a press conference prior to his team’s playoff game against Dallas. The conference came hours after 19 children and…
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Matthew McConaughey has responded to Tuesday's elementary school shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. Yesterday (May 24), CNN reports that an 18-year-old gunman entered the Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde, Texas, at approximately 11:32AM. Officials say the teenager was carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, high-capacity magazines,…
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President Joe Biden has spoken out following Tuesday's horrific school shooting in Texas. On Tuesday morning (May 24), officials report that an 18-year-old gunman entered the Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde, Texas, at around 11:32AM. The suspect was reportedly carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, high-capacity magazines, and…
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Nineteen children and two adults have died after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in South Texas. Per BBC News, the shooting took place at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Chief of Police Pete Arredondo has said that the shooting…
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A former Trump administration official has announced his departure from the Republican party following the Buffalo shooting earlier this month. Former deputy chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor, 35, wrote on Twitter last Wednesday that the leaders of the GOP were responsible for "inspiring violent radicals".…
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Authorities are investigating a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, as a "racially motivated hate crime". The attack has left at least 10 people dead and 3 more injured. Per ABC News, 11 of the 13 people shot were Black. A white 18-year-old male has been taken…
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The American rapper A$AP Rocky was taken into custody in connection to a shooting that occurred last November. Los Angeles Police detained the 33-year-old rapper at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday as he arrived from Barbados. Rocky arrived on a private plane from the Island where he was vacationing…
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New York Police have named Frank James as a suspect in connection with the mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway yesterday. NYPD spokesperson Lt. Thomas Antonetti told CNN that police believe the 62-year-old was responsible for the shooting which saw 29 people hospitalized. Investigators previously named James a "person of…
