Biden, first lady visit grieving families in Uvalde

The visit to Uvalde is President Biden’s second trip in less than two weeks to comfort a community in mourning after a mass shooting.

Texas school shooting: NRA speakers call for better school security, mental health approach

One by one, speakers took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state. And one by one, they insisted that changing U.S. gun laws or further restricting access to firearms was not the answer.

Mother of Texas school shooter says she wants people to forgive her son: report

The mother of the gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school says she wants the public to forgive him for what he did.

Northwestern professor says federal assault weapons ban would save many lives

Dr. Post says what emboldens those shooters is access to assault weapons. Her research shows mass shootings, which she defines as four or more people killed, increased and became more lethal when the federal assault weapons ban ended in 2004.

Texas school shooter walked through apparently unlocked door, police say

The gunman did not initially encounter any law enforcement officers when he entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire, killing 19 children and two teachers.

Mother of Texas school shooter was in disbelief about son shooting grandmother, boyfriend's mom says

Ramos’s mother, Adriana Reyes, was in disbelief that her son was capable of such violence on Tuesday evening, telling her boyfriend’s mother hours after the attack that she was still looking for Ramos and didn’t think that the 18-year-old would shoot his grandmother, according to Maria Alvarez.

Texas gunman warned online he was going to shoot up school

The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas had warned on social media minutes before the attack that he had shot his grandmother and going to shoot up a school, the governor said Wednesday.

Texas school shooting: What we know about the victims in Uvalde

Police have not formally identified the victims from the mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school, but some family members are sharing pictures. Here's what we know so far about the 19 children and two teachers who were killed.

Texas school shooting: 4th grade teacher ID'd as victim; Uvalde families desperate for answers

Fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles was identified as one of the victims in the deadly Uvalde, Texas school shooting. Meanwhile, distraught families are desperately trying to find their missing children.

Illinois politicians react to Texas school shooting: 'Congress must act'

"Now more than ever, we must push our legislators to pass sweeping and effective gun control measures. Our children’s lives depend on it," said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.