The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says 3 minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 21 people there was sufficient armed law enforcement there to stop the attacker.
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Maryland shooting suspect under guard; wounded trooper released
Why the gunman killed 3 co-workers and wounded another isn’t known.
Son of Buffalo victim pushes Congress: ‘What are you doing?’
The House Oversight Committee is expected to hear from more families, including Uvalde student Miah Cerrillo, who covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead during the shooting.
Matthew McConaughey makes personal plea for gun legislation at White House
The Uvalde native met with President Biden before addressing the White House press corps.
Two doctors, receptionist and visitor killed in Tulsa shooting
One was an Army veteran who sacrificed his life to save his wife during the shooting.
Two people shot in Wisconsin cemetery shooting, police say
Police said multiple shots were fired in the direction of a funeral service Thursday afternoon.
Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage?’
He calls for expanded background checks, red flag laws, safe storage laws and a ban on assault weapons.
School police chief wasn’t told of panicked kids’ 911 calls, Texas senator says
State police have said that police didn’t breach the classroom faster because the school police chief believed the situation had morphed from an active shooting to a hostage situation.
Tulsa gunman targeted surgeon he blamed for pain, police say
A man who had had recent back surgery bought an AR-style rifle hours before opening fire at a Tulsa medical office, killing 4 people and then himself.
Recent massacres prompt debate on purchase age for AR-style rifles
The gunmen in 2 of the nation’s most recent mass shootings, in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in the killings after they turned 18.