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Family members arrive for a special city council meeting in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Almost two years after the deadly school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the city council met to discuss the results of an independent investigation it requested into the response by local police officers. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Uvalde parents lash out after new report clears city police of missteps during Texas school attack

By Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

Reggie Daniels pays his respects a memorial at Robb Elementary School, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, created to honor the victims killed in the recent school shooting. Two teachers and 19 students were killed in the mass shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Reports: Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting

By Acacia Coronado and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

In this photo from surveillance video provided by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District via the Austin American-Statesman, authorities respond to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. A Justice Department report released Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, details a myriad of failures by police who responded to the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that led to children waiting desperately for over an hour before officers stormed a classroom to take down the gunman. (Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

The police response to the Uvalde shooting was riddled with failures, a new DOJ report says

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In this photo from surveillance video provided by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District via the Austin American-Statesman, authorities respond to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. A Justice Department report released Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, details a myriad of failures by police who responded to the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that led to children waiting desperately for over an hour before officers stormed a classroom to take down the gunman. (Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

What to know about the Justice Department’s report on police failures in the Uvalde school shooting

By Alanna Durkin Richer and Claudia Lauer - Associated Press

Artist Abel Ortiz, second from right, gives Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, left, a tour of murals of shooting victims, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Uvalde, Texas. The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into the 2022 school shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Justice Department report finds ‘cascading failures’ and ‘no urgency’ during Uvalde, Texas, shooting

By Eric Tucker, Acacia Coronado, Lindsay Whitehurst and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Uvalde mayoral candidate Kimberly Mata-Rubio, right, speaks with Uvalde resident Antonia Rios, left, alongside campaign manager Dr. Laura Barberena, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Uvalde mother whose daughter was killed in 2022 school shooting on the ballot for mayoral election

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Veronica Mata visits the gravesite of her daugher, Tess, in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. For Mata, teaching kindergarten in Uvalde after her daughter was among the 19 students who were fatally shot at Robb Elementary School became a year of grieving for her own child while trying to keep 20 others safe. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

One year after Uvalde shooting, investigation of police response continues

By Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Flowers are piled around crosses with the names of the victims killed in a school shooting as people visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Families in Uvalde, Texas, are digging in for a new test of legal protections for the gun industry as they mark one year since the Robb Elementary School shooting. Both the U.S. government and gun manufacturers in recent years have reached large settlements following some of the nation's worst mass shootings. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Uvalde families dig in for new test of gun industry protections

By Paul J. Weber and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

This image released by ABC News shows Nicco Quiñones filming inside the home of Jerry and Veronica Mata. Their daughter Tess, pictured on the wall, was one of 19 elementary school students shot and killed in Uvalde, Texas, last May. For a year, ABC News kept a team in Uvalde. The result is a nuanced portrait of what happens over time to a suffering community, as seen in the two-hour documentary, “It Happened Here — A Year in Uvalde,” that airs first Friday on ABC and Saturday on Hulu. (Jenny Wagnon Courts/ABC News via AP)

ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims

By David Bauder - Associated Press

Flowers and candles are placed around crosses on May 28, 2022, at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, to honor the victims killed in the school shooting a few days prior. Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit seeking $27 billion against local and state police, the city and other school and law enforcement officials for failing to follow active shooter protocol because authorities waited more than an hour to confront the attacker inside a fourth-grade classroom, according to court documents. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Uvalde shooting victims seek $27 billion, class action in lawsuit

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This image from video released by the City of Uvalde, Texas shows city police Lt. Mariano Pargas responding to a shooting at Robb Elementary School, on May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. Pargas was the acting chief for the city on the day of the shooting and was placed on administrative leave in July. (City of Uvalde via AP)

Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down

By Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Investigators search for evidences outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers at the school the day before on May 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Texas state police fire 1st officer over Uvalde response

By Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

This image from video released by the City of Uvalde, Texas shows Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Crimson Elizondo responding to a shooting at Robb Elementary School, on May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. The former Texas state trooper under investigation for the law enforcement response to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde has been hired by the school district as a campus police officer. (City of Uvalde via AP)

Uvalde schools fire ex-Texas trooper who was at shooting

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Flowers and candles are placed around crosses on May 28, 2022, at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, to honor the victims killed in the school shooting a few days prior. A federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Del Rio, Texas, against eight entities and three individuals for the May shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at the elementary school. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Families of three students who survived Uvalde school massacre file first federal lawsuit

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The sun rises over Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Now on the cusp of adulthood, the survivors of Sandy Hook are telling their stories, some for the first time, about growing up as a mass shooting survivor to help the children in Texas, who return to school this week.(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson).

Raised with trauma, Sandy Hook survivors send hope to Uvalde

By Dave Collins and Pat Eaton-Robb - Associated Press