Robb Elementary School shooting

 Robb Elementary School shooting (School shooting,  mass shooting,  mass murder)

Date	24 May 2022
Type	•  School shooting •  mass shooting
Weapon	Daniel Defense AR-15 style rifle-DDM4 V7 handgun
Deaths	22
Injured (non-fatal)	18
Motive	Unknown
Description	First post-Covid-19 US mass school shooting, in 2022.

The Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, United States, was a school shooting by Salavador Ramos, where he killed at least 19 children and two teachers, and wounding 17 others. Earlier that day, he shot and wounded his 66-year-old grandmother. Ramos was eventually shot and killed on school premises by responding law enforcement officers.

The shooting was the third deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, and the deadliest school shooting in the history of Texas. The shooting was widely condemned nationally, including by President Joe Biden and by gun control advocates, as well as internationally. Interestingly, the failure of the police in these kind of cases and their lack - despite their militarization - and tighter gun control laws, was not discussed widely, both "sides" of the political spectrum called for more dystopian gun laws, that would increase the militarization of society.

Drill

CNN discussing the police actively trying to not enter the building and question any parent who tries it instead, up the point of threatening to taser the parents instead.

Police in Uvalde, Texas took part in training to respond to active shooter incidents just nine weeks before the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School this week. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) Police Department hosted an active shooter course at Uvalde High School on March 21, as in other school shooting. It didn't prevent the escape of at least one whole class of students. The Police academy uploaded the drill on its Facebook page on March 1 and encouraged online registrations, the event was said to be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

"Militarization"

Police in Uvalde have been heavily criticized for their response to the shooting, facing an investigation by the United States Department of Justice. Police officers waited 78 minutes on-site before breaching the classroom to engage Ramos.

FOX News on the other side of the spectrum fuels the stake of the gun enthusiasts, who didn't began to wonder why a corporate entity is backing ideas that increase militarization and the more dystopian society where children need to be protected by a gun within reach 24/7.

Greg Abbott called for an investigation into the lack of action by incident commanders. Police also cordoned off the school grounds, resulting in violent conflicts between police and civilians who were attempting to enter the school to rescue children;after one of the parents gave an interview to CBS who entered the school and saved multiple children. The police contacted her and stated her public criticism could lead to obstruction of justice charges.

Cover up

Shortly after the shooting, local and state officials gave inaccurate reports of the timeline of police actions and overstated police actions. The Texas Department of Public Safety acknowledged that it was an error for law enforcement to delay an assault on Ramos's position in the student-filled classroom, but didn't want to answer why they didn't reassess the situation to "active shooter"-policy, which would've have been possible and enabled them to enter the building.

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