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Uvalde, Texas School Shooting

A mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas left 19 students and two teachers dead on May 24, 2022. The gunman, identified by officials as Salvador Romas, was shot and killed by responding officers.

After school shootings, are states making classrooms safer?

After school shootings, are states making classrooms safer?

Here is what several states have done to implement school safety in the wake of the Uvalde elementary school massacre.

September 6, 2022 2:33pm CDT
Uvalde CISD students return to class for first time since shooting

Uvalde CISD students return to class for first time since shooting

Most of the students who went to Robb Elementary will now be elsewhere. The start of the school year was pushed back to give schools extra time to install new safety equipment and implement new safety procedures.

September 6, 2022 5:50am CDT
16 Uvalde fourth graders waited an hour with wounded teacher

16 Uvalde fourth graders waited an hour with wounded teacher

Robb Elementary School teacher Elsa Avila describes the hour after she was shot by a gunman who killed 19 students and 2 teachers.

September 5, 2022 1:51pm CDT
Uvalde students return to classroom for first time since shooting on Tuesday

Uvalde students return to classroom for first time since shooting on Tuesday

Uvalde CISD students will return to classrooms with several new safety and security measures in place.

September 5, 2022 1:09pm CDT
Uvalde High School wins first home football game of the season

Uvalde High School wins first home football game of the season

Fans filled the stadium to support the Uvalde High Coyotes, a brief celebration amid the heartache and pain following the shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 children and two teachers.

September 3, 2022 2:19pm CDT
#StandWithUvalde: Texas school districts to honor Uvalde CISD after Robb Elementary shooting

#StandWithUvalde: Texas school districts to honor Uvalde CISD after Robb Elementary shooting

Students, parents, teachers and community members are asked to wear maroon and white, Uvalde CISD's colors, on Sept. 6 to show support for the district after the deadly mass shooting in May.

September 3, 2022 1:52pm CDT
Uvalde children grapple with trauma after school massacre

Uvalde children grapple with trauma after school massacre

As students get ready to return to school in Uvalde on Tuesday for the first time since the massacre at Robb Elementary, PTSD symptoms are starting to show.

September 3, 2022 11:46am CDT
Houston Texans surprise Uvalde high school football players, reveal special helmet decal

Houston Texans surprise Uvalde high school football players, reveal special helmet decal

Houston Texans Head Coach Lovie Smith and some players went to Uvalde to surprise the high school football team. They also revealed a special "Uvalde Strong" helmet decal the Texans will wear at their season opener.

September 2, 2022 1:20pm CDT
Texas grants over $295K to fund Uvalde County program for at-risk youth

Texas grants over $295K to fund Uvalde County program for at-risk youth

The Uvalde County Juvenile Probation Department will use the funds to fund a program for at-risk youth exhibiting emotional or behavioral problems at school who need additional help beyond school-based interventions.

September 1, 2022 10:59am CDT
2 in 10 Americans report experience with gun violence, AP-NORC poll finds

2 in 10 Americans report experience with gun violence, AP-NORC poll finds

CDC data has shown a spike in gun violence since the pandemic, with gun-related homicides increasing across the country in large and small metro areas and in rural areas.

September 1, 2022 10:29am CDT
AP, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for records

AP, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for records

The Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde, Texas, after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May massacre at Robb Elementary School.

August 30, 2022 4:18pm CDT
Families of Uvalde, Santa Fe shooting victims call for Abbott to raise AR-15 purchase age from 18 to 21

Families of Uvalde, Santa Fe shooting victims call for Abbott to raise AR-15 purchase age from 18 to 21

It has been more than three months since the Uvalde shooting when 19 children and two teachers were killed. Families of those killed gathered with others on the steps of the Texas Capitol to demand gun safety.

August 27, 2022 7:07pm CDT
Texas mass shooting victims, families join March for Our Lives rally to demand action on gun safety

Texas mass shooting victims, families join March for Our Lives rally to demand action on gun safety

March for Our Lives is rallying again on the Texas State Capitol steps, this time with the parents who lost children in the Uvalde mass shooting and survivors from the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School.

August 27, 2022 11:34am CDT
Uvalde shooting billboard causing controversy in San Francisco

Uvalde shooting billboard causing controversy in San Francisco

The billboard is being criticized on social media for using the Uvalde tragedy as a political tool, encouraging Californians to stay here instead of moving to Texas.

August 26, 2022 10:34am CDT
Uvalde CISD fires embattled police chief Pete Arredondo

Uvalde CISD fires embattled police chief Pete Arredondo

Pete Arredondo is now the first officer to lose his job over the police response to the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.

August 24, 2022 7:13pm CDT
Austin nonprofit giving away free bikes to Uvalde students

Austin nonprofit giving away free bikes to Uvalde students

All students in grades 3-6 at Flores Elementary School will be receiving a new bike. Students from Robb Elementary will be attending Flores following the May 24 shooting.

August 24, 2022 4:17pm CDT
Uvalde School Board to hold termination hearing for school police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday

Uvalde School Board to hold termination hearing for school police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday

A notice from the school board says the meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24 will be open to the public.

August 24, 2022 8:42am CDT
'Don't move to Texas': California billboards tell citizens to not move to Texas

'Don't move to Texas': California billboards tell citizens to not move to Texas

The billboards say the Texas miracle died following the Uvalde school shooting. Katie Narajo, the chair of the Travis County Democratic Party, and Matt Mackowiak, chair of the Travis County Republican Party, join FOX 7 Austin's Mike Warren to discuss the topic.

August 23, 2022 6:04pm CDT
Round Rock ISD implements new safety, security protocols

Round Rock ISD implements new safety, security protocols

For Round Rock ISD, safety and security in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting means both physical building security and mental health and threat assessment.

August 15, 2022 10:11pm CDT
Uvalde school shooting victim honored with portrait by Austin artist

Uvalde school shooting victim honored with portrait by Austin artist

Austin artist Ruben Esquivel spent hours and hours, using hundreds of spray bottles, to create an 18-foot portrait of 10-year-old Jayce, one of the victims of the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde.

August 15, 2022 9:40pm CDT
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